Evan Longoria just recieved two more awards to add to his trophy case, which is great for him and the Rays. The awards announcement left me asking one big question: Why did Carl Crawford not get any awards? Now, I am saying this before the MVPs are announced, but it is a bit of a long shot for CC to win. IMO, CC could’ve easily won the Silver Slugger or the Gold Glove. In fact, Crawford should probably have 2 or 3 Gold Gloves by now.
Let’s compare their stats for the Gold Glove. The American League winners were Adam Jones, Torii Hunter, and Ichiro Suzuki. Now I will put them up against CC:
Adam Jones and Torii Hunter were both hurt for part of the year. Granted, both had great defensive seasons, but it seems wrong for the award givers to give an award to somebody who did not play the whole season. CC put up close to all three of their stats, so I think Crawford should’ve gotten one.
November 18th, 2009 at 7:52 PM
As awesome as CC is, Longoria more than earned both awards and yes… over CC.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:38 AM
I did not say at all that Longo did not deserve his awards. I am happy that he won and the Rays were recognized once again. That said, Longo winning does not effect whether CC can win the award. They play DIFFERENT POSITIONS. It doesn’t have to be over CC. They both could’ve won. CC deserved the award more than Torii Hunter and Adam Jones because he played good defense all year.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
The sad fact of the matter is that CC will not get any love anytime soon. He is GREATLY over looked, but in the breathe known by almost everyone in baseball. Carl doesn’t leap over wall, he dives, chases down balls, cuts triples into doubles, cuts doubles in to singles, and cuts singles into outs. He is not the “sexy” choice like Jones, Hunter or Ichiro. Let’s be honest, over the last few year we have seen a few the Rays get short changed for gold gloves or silver sluggers.
November 19th, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Sorry people I agree with him. CC GOT ROBBED!!!!! Evan is a great player but CC SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO deserved & so did Evan. If I could give the GG to either Evan or Carl, I would give it to Carl. Hope he stays around longer than just this year…..
November 24th, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Devon, I just think the way your article came out it sounds almost like a comparison by bringing up Evan’s awards. You’re right, they both deserved awards. I just took your article the wrong way. CC never stood out to me near as much as Evan but based on his stats he certainly deserved it for his position.