The Braves introduced immediately that two of their gamers are within the operating for a serious award for 2024.
Matt Olson is a 2024 Nationwide League Gold Glove Finalist. Pictured right here within the tweet I assume receiving a pick-off throw, Matt Olson had an excellent fielding 12 months in response to the normal metrics. He has a .996 fielding proportion and performed all 162 video games. Based on the newest SABR Defensive Index numbers, Matt ranks third amongst all certified first basemen, trailing Christian Walker and Michael Busch. Based on Baseball Savant, he had 4 outs above common, inserting him within the 86th percentile.
Chris Sale was additionally named a Gold Glove Finalist as nicely. Chris had a really spectacular season on the bump, ending with extra IP than any of his earlier seasons since 2017 and did it at a 2.38/2.09/2.64 clip with 6.4 WAR. Chris handles all 31 probabilities completely, giving him a 1.000 fielding proportion. He’s fifth within the newest SABR rankings. His stellar 12 months goes to place him at lots of end-of-season shortlists.
I don’t know how one can handicap these races. The SABR people won’t launch their newest numbers till the award is introduced. However having Braves within the operating for Gold Glove is unquestionably one thing to stay up for over the autumn.
