Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
Earlier this week, I asked AN community members to vote for the A’s best players of 2022. At this point, the results seem clear enough to make a timely announcement of the the Athletics Nation Gold Glove winner: Sean Murphy takes the honors by near-unanimous consensus.
To punctuate his worthiness, Murphy was named a Rawlings Gold Glove finalist yesterday. Matt Kawahara at the San Francisco Chronicle noted that last year, the A’s star catcher became the first Oakland Athletics catcher to win the award, and now he has a chance for a repeat win.