Major League Baseball Maeda and Akiyama are finalists for the Golden Glove Award at 7:00 on October 23
Kenta Maeda of Major League Baseball and Twins and Shogo Akiyama of Reds were selected as finalists for the Gold Glove Award, which is given to well-defended players.
The Gold Glove Awards are voted by Major League Baseball managers and coaches, and players who show excellent defense in each position throughout the season are selected.
On the 22nd, three finalists for each position were announced, of which Twins pitcher Maeda was selected for the American League pitcher category and Reds Akiyama was selected for the National League outfielder category left. ..
Both of them are defensive masters who have won the Golden Glove Award in Japanese professional baseball. Pitcher Maeda won five times in the Hiroshima era and Akiyama won six times in the Seibu era, but in the major leagues. It will be the first time for both to win the award.
Also, if a Japanese player wins the award, it will be the first time in 10 years since Ichiro, who won the outfielder category for 10 consecutive years since 2001.
The Major League Baseball Gold Glove Awards will be announced on November 3rd.