4 Tigers named Gold Glove Award finalists

DETROIT — The Tigers haven’t had a Gold Glove Award-winning infielder since 2009. They haven’t had multiple Gold Glove Award winners in a season since ’07. They’ll have a chance at both this year.

Pitcher Justin Verlander, catcher James McCann, second baseman Ian Kinsler and shortstop Jose Iglesias were all announced as finalists at their respective positions Thursday, as Rawlings announced the Gold Glove Award field on its Twitter account. Winners will be revealed on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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For a team whose only Gold Glove Award winner over the past five years was Yoenis Cespedes for his half-season manning left field in Detroit last year, it’s a nice bit of progress. For Kinsler, it’s another chance at an honor that has eluded him over the years despite a compilation of defensive metrics in his favor.

Major League managers and coaches, voting only within their league and unable to vote for players on their own teams, account for 75 percent of the selection process. The other 25 percent goes to the sabermetrics community.

Kinsler is a finalist for the third time in as many seasons as a Tiger. He has dominated his position in Defensive Runs Saved all three years in Detroit, but he lost out to Dustin Pedroia in 2014 and Jose Altuve last year. Pedroia and Robinson Cano are the other finalists this year, with Pedroia back in the hunt …

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