Rawlings announced Gold Glove finalists today, and the Pirates’ own Ke’Bryan Hayes is in the running at third base.
He’s up against Nolan Arenado of the St. Louis Cardinals and Ryan McMahon of the Colorado Rockies.
Of the finalists, Hayes played the second-most games, 133 at third base—McMahon played 145, and Arenado 131. Hayes had a .972 fielding average with twelve errors, McMahon had a .953 fielding average with 19 errors, and Arenado had a .974 fielding average with 11 errors.
Ke’s range factors—putouts and assists per innings played—exceed both McMahon’s and Arenado’s numbers. In games played, he averaged 3.