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Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk snubbed by the MLB
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The MLB continues to disrespect Alejandro Kirk of the Toronto Blue Jays, missing out once again on the Golden Glove award despite being one of the best catchers in the world, the award was instead given to rookie Dillon Dingler of the Detroit Tigers.
Ty France won a Gold Glove award for first base and George Springer won a Silver Slugger award for DH but many fans believe that a lot of Blue Jays player were snubbed, including Kirk.
Kirk gets disrespected by Golden Glove voters.
Matthew Sookram of Jays Journal reported on the questionable award given to Dingler, rather than Kirk, even though Kirk was better in every metric for a catcher.
Kirk has been one of the best catchers in the league for several years, and has yet to receive the award.
"Dingler had a great year as he ranked in the 85th percentile or higher in StatcastBlocks Above Average (+10, 95th), Caught Stealing Above Average (+4, 85th) and framing(+7, 91st). He also ranked in the 95th percentile in Fielding Run Value (FRV) (+12). But Kirk was better in those categories."-Sookram
Kirk led in Blocks Above Average with 21, Catcher Blocking Runs at 5, Catcher Framing Runs 16, Fielding Run Value 22 and he had the highest FRV in the AL, and more Defensive Runs Saved 9 than Platinum Glove winning shortstop Bobby Witt Jr 3.
It doesn't make sense how in today's modern game with all these advanced stats how the awards can be given to the wrong people. When one is better in every metric than the entire league, it is a no brainer to give them the award. This isn't the first time a Blue Jay was snubbed from an award as Jose Bautista knows that feeling when he was snubbed of an MVP.
"He led the league in home runs again (43) while also leading in walks (132), slugging (.608) and OPS 1.056. Bautista's .447 OBP was second in the league just one point behind Cabrera's .448, and his .302 batting average was the third highest among players who hit at least 30 home runs that season."-Sookram
When Justin Verlander who also won the Cy Young awardthat year was awarded the AL MVP, while he did have an amazing season, it was highly questionable that he won both awards instead of Bautista.
When it comes to Kirk this isn't questionable at all, when looking at the numbers, it is hard to see how anyone else could have won.
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