Thursday afternoon, the Rawlings Sporting Goods company announced the “finalists” for their 2019 Gold Glove Awards. I put “finalists” in quotes because there isn’t any further voting taking place — these are simply the top three vote-getters in balloting already completed.
2019 wasn’t a great defensive year for the Cubs, as you know, but Anthony Rizzo is a finalist at first base for a Gold Glove this year.
Here are the three “finalists” for the N.L. Gold glove at first base:
That’s Christian Walker of the Diamondbacks, in case you are not familiar with his Twitter handle.