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Three Pirates Among Finalists For Gold Glove Awards

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Rawlings announced the Gold Glove finalists on Thursday afternoon and the Pittsburgh Pirates are well-represented. Gerrit Cole, Starling Marte and Andrew McCutchen are all among the three finalists for their position. McCutchen is the only one who has won in the past, taking home the award during the 2012 season. Marte was a finalist last year, losing out to Christian Yelich of the Marlins.

McCutchen is a surprising nomination based on his stats, including a -0.6 dWAR this year and -1.0 in 2014. Marte was one of the best defensive players in the NL for any position and he led all outfielders with 16 assists. Cole handled 47 chances this year without an error.

The winners will be announced November 10th.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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