Happy Wednesday, Athletics Nation!
This year’s Gold Glove finalists were announced yesterday; the A’s are bereft of candidates, but not surprisingly, some very familiar ex-Athletics are in the mix yet again.
Matt Chapman made the A’s fun to watch again when he debuted in 2017 and demonstrated the potential to become one of the greatest defensive third basemen of all time. Matt Olson joined Chapman at the other corner of the A’s infield to complete one of the hottest fielding tandems in the game. They both won Gold Gloves with the A’s in 2018 and 2019, and they are both finalists for the award this year.