As many as five New York Yankees players were named finalists for Gold Glove medals in 2022, and manager Aaron Boone was all praise for his defence. Boone attributed Aaron Judge’s lack of consideration for the award to the fact that he had to alternate between playing centre field and right field. Then, Boone made an utterly insane claim about Isiah Kiner-Falefa having a claim to the shortstop Gold Glove, which is sure to please the audience that has frequently blasted IKF for his defensive shortcomings.
According to Bryan Hoch, Boone stated that Kiner-Falefa may “make a case” for being a shortstop candidate for the Gold Glove award. That is far from the perception held by the fanbase, therefore he better have a very compelling presentation ready for that case.
Even though Kiner-Falefa has won one Gold Glove, Bronx fans scrutinised his play at shortstop during the entire season. Kiner-Falefa made 17 mistakes in 138 shortstop appearances towards the end of the season. It was the fifth-highest total among all MLB players. Of course, Javier Baez led the league in errors with 26, followed by Bo Bichette (23), Bobby Witt Jr. (19), and Jeremy Pe a (19).
Boone appears to believe that Kiner-Falefa produced a Gold Glove-caliber season at shortstop in some alternate reality, but Yankees fans can see right through his facade. The ALCS game against the Astros will most likely feature Isiah Kiner-Falefa at shortstop despite the presence of Oswald Peraza and Oswaldo Cabrera, who are both ready and waiting in the wings.
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