MIGUEL ROJAS NAMED NATIONAL LEAGUE GOLD GLOVE AWARD FINALIST

Miami Marlins SS Miguel Rojas has been named a National League Gold Glove Award finalist: https://twitter.com/RawlingsSports/status/1583166170601250816?s=20&t=RwlMmGsAkqwhqsYGvMkjaw

  • Rojas owned an MLB-best .987 fielding pct. this season among qualified shortstops, committing just 7 errors in 531 total chances over 1113.2 innings at the position.
  • He also led National League shortstops with 15 defensive runs saved and ranked second with a 4.9 UZR.
  • His .987 fielding percentage is as high or higher than 17 of the 22 previous National League Gold Glove Awards handed out to shortstops this century.
  • Only Omar Vizquel (4 in 2006), Jimmy Rollins (6 in 2009), and Troy Tulowitzki (6 in 2011) made fewer errors among NL Gold Glove winning shortstops since 2000.
  • Rojas went 64 straight games at shortstop without an error (July 8 – Oct. 3) before his seventh error of the year in his 132nd game at SS. Set a Marlins’ single-season record for consecutive error-less games by a shortstop; previous mark was set by Hanley Ramirez in 2009 (54 games).