The Gold Glove awards are out, which means it's time for everyone to complain about how their favorite fielder didn't win this time around. The big to-do from this batch of awards is the snubbing of Mike Trout, he of the (according to several metrics) top-30 season all-time at the tender age of 21. Trout's defensive numbers are off the charts, and he seemed to make weekly Top 10 appearances with home run-saving catches, but the voters decided Baltimore's Adam Jones (a fine player in his own right) was the better choice. Did they get it right? Do they ever get it right?

Do the Gold Glove awards regularly identify the best defensive players at each position?

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  44%
  Yes
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  56%
  No

(Total votes: 49,585)

• freddylang2: "Gold Glove - The biggest joke award in sports. 40% of the guys on any given year don't deserve it and get it. Rafael Palmeiro won one and played like 30 games at 1B."
• michaeldantep: "Trout is literally one of the best baseball players in MLB and now he didn't win a Gold Glove, won't win the MVP."
• DRod0517: "NL CF was the biggest snub. Bourn was in another stratosphere defensively than McCutcheon."
• theosu809: "You want to talk about a snub? Look no further than Michael Bourn and Martin Prado. Bourn KILLS Cutch in EVERY defensive metric. It seems like all they looked at was McCutcheon's name and his 1 error and just overlooked Bourn. Prado was good for 12 DRS, which lead NL LF, while Cargo GAVE UP 8 more runs than a replacement level defender. Are you kidding me? At least they got it right on Heyward. Should have been a clean sweep for the Braves' outfield."
• Memb1.: "Trout made some great catches, but overall there are better center fielders in the AL. I'm glad the voters didn't get caught up in the media hype for him."

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