The baseball award season got under way this evening in earnest, with the announcement of the Gold Glove winners, and the National League list saw two Diamondbacks honored.
Christian Walker repeated last year’s victory at the first-base position. The D-backs have a good history at the position, with Paul Goldschmidt having won three times while with Arizona. Walker has continued that tradition and was top-tier at the position this season. He made only two errors all year and the more advanced defensive metrics also rated Walker highly. For example, his 11 OAA (Outs Above Average) was the highest figure of any first baseman in the majors.