7 Cubs Named 2020 Rawlings Gold Glove Finalists

Rawlings announced the finalists for their 2020 Gold Glove Awards Thursday afternoon and several Cubs made the cut. This year’s awards are being determined a little differently, with the SABR Defensive Index serving as the only criteria in the selection process. Those metrics had previously accounted for approximately 25%, with votes from managers and coaches comprising the rest, but there are no votes this year.

The SABR Defensive Index draws on and aggregates two types of existing defensive metrics: those derived from batted ball location-based data and those collected from play-by-play accounts. The three metrics representing batted ball data include Defensive Runs Saved from Baseball…