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Mets' Francisco Lindor Surprisingly Snubbed as Gold Glove Finalist

Shortstop Francisco Lindor was surprisingly not named a finalist for the Gold Glove Award in the National League.

Logan VanDine

Oct 13, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) gets the tag on Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) attempting to steal second base in the second inning during game one of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Oct 13, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) gets the tag on Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) attempting to steal second base in the second inning during game one of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images / Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
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The Gold Glove finalists in both the National League and the American League were announced by Rawlings Baseball on Tuesday and one particular player on the New York Mets was shockingly not included.

Superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor, who's coming off his best season wearing a Mets uniform, was not named as a finalist for the Gold Glove Award in the National League.

The Mets' shortstop, who will most likely finish second in the NL MVP voting to Shohei Ohtani, was edged out by Dansby Swanson of the Chicago Cubs, Ezequiel Tovar of the Colorado Rockies and Masyn Winn of the St. Louis Cardinals as a finalist. After not being named as an All-Star in the NL this season, Lindor is now being snubbed for the Gold Glove as well.

Even though Lindor had a great campaign offensively, his defense was just as good for the Mets during the regular season. The 30-year-old shortstop recorded 16 outs above average, which was ranked fourth in the NL and had a 7.8 fWAR, ranking second in the NL.

Lindor also recorded 358 assists during the regular season and only had 12 errors all season long so it comes as a major surprise that he is not a finalist for the award.

The Mets do have one finalist as Luis Severino is a candidate for the Gold Glove among NL pitchers: joining Cy Young candidates Zack Wheeler of the Philadelphia Phillies and Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves.

The winners of the award will be announced on November 3.

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Logan VanDine
LOGAN VANDINE

Logan is a graduate of Rider University where he majored in Sports Media and minored in Sports Studies. During his time at Rider, Logan worked for Rider's radio station, 107.7 The Bronc as a sports host, producer and broadcaster, and for the school's paper: The Rider News. He began his time with The Rider News as a section writer for sports and was a copy editor for two years followed by being one of the sports editors during his senior year. Logan also placed third in the New Jersey Press Foundation Awards for sports feature writing. Aside from his work on Yankees and Mets On SI, he is also a writer for FanSided covering the New York Giants and Mets and also covers the Giants for Total Apex Sports.

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