Olson, Laureano, Belt are finalists for a Gold Glove

reer. The center fielder fixed Rizzo. the issues this offseason. Laureano is up against Working with bench coach Minnesota’s Byron Buxton Ryan Christenson, he played and the Chicago White Sox’s The A’s Ramón Laureano a few feet deeper and saw it Luis Robert for the AL’s cenand Matt Olson and the Gipay off with his first career ter field honor. ants’ Brandon Belt were Gold Glove finalist nod. While the two Oakland named Gold Glove Award Belt, a 10-year veteran A’s could celebrate their finalists in an announcefirst baseman, has World achievements, they couldn’t ment from glove manufacSeries championship rings ignore a glaring omission as turer Rawlings on Thursday. but never won a Gold Glove. third baseman Matt Chap

Olson can extend his Gold He played stellar defense in man was not named a finalsecutive Glove streak ist.“seasons to three if he goes conan 2020 early- after season returning heel injury from That is pretty weird,” from finalist to winner. The that necessitated postseason Olson said. “I think we all 25-year- old first baseman surgery. know if he played a full known for his spectacular Olson’s competition for year he would have been, if picks, uncanny range and the American League Gold not the winner, a finalist. I ability to turn unlikely deGlove award at first base are couldn’t see anybody doing fensive plays took home Houston’s Yuli Gurriel and better than him. That’s not a golden hardware after both Seattle’s Evan White. knock to other people.” of his first two major-league In addition to Belt, the The third base finalists seasons. first base finalists in the Nacome down to Texas’ Isiah

Despite flashes of outfield tional League are St. Louis’ Kiner-Falefa, Chicago’s Yoan brilliance, Laureano took Paul Goldschmidt and the Moncada and New York’s bad routes early in his ca- Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Gio Urshela.