Found September 02, 2009 on
Bleacher Report:
I'm watching the Rays-Red Sox game on ESPN and Jacoby Ellsbury takes away a sure triple from BJ Upton on a line drive to left center. The next thing I hear is "Jacoby Ellsbury should win a gold glove this year."
This is not true, because he is not even the best center fielder in the game he was playing in today.
Stats
Lets look at some stats that compare the two:
Errors/Fld %/ Assists/ Range/ Zone Factor
Ellsbury: 2/.993/3/7th/2nd
Upton: 2/ .994/6/5th/4th
Now I'm not sure what Zone Factor is (sabermetric people help me out because I don't understand them) but in the other four stats, Upton is better.
Upton plays the shallowest center field in the game and almost nothing gets behind him. He doesn't make many diving catches, but he's so fast he doesn't need to. He glides to the ball like an angel (that was for humor).
Assists have to be a factor in a gold glove. We all know who is going to win the other gold gloves, Ichiro Suzuki and Tori...
Original Story:
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