It has been seven years since Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria won a Rawlings Gold Glove and on Tuesday night, the wait ended. Longoria finished ahead of Baltimore’s Manny Machado and Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez for the award given to the top third baseman in the American League.
In earning the Gold Glove honors, Longoria becomes the first player in franchise history to win three Gold Gloves and becomes the eighth overall Gold Glove Award in franchise history. Carl Crawford (2010), Carlos Pena (2008), Kevin Kiermaier (2015, 2016) and Jeremy Hellickson (2012) were previous Gold Glove Award winners.