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Will (not should) Nick Markakis win a Gold Glove in the next 6 years?

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Will Nick Markakis win a gold glove in the next six years?  

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  1. 1. Will Nick Markakis win a gold glove in the next six years?

    • Yes - eventually his reputation will carry him to a gold glove
      66
    • No - he won't do enough as a RF to win the award which usually goes to CFs
      32

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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Thought this would be a fun poll. OldFan#5 says in another thread he will bet his truck that Nick Markakis doesn't win a gold glove in the next six years.

So let's forget the debate about what it means to say someone plays "gold glove defense." Let's forget the debate about whenther Nick, in fact, deserves to win a gold glove. This is a simple yes or no question -- WILL he win one in the next six years?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say yes. It is tough for a RF to win one, and it's debatable where Nick stands among the top defensive RF's in the game. But eventually, guys who are excellent hitters and have a lot of assists are going to get some attention. So if any RF can win a gold glove, I think Nick has a very good shot, keeping in mind that the six-year window proposed by OldFan#5 should be Nick's prime years.

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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Serious question: Does anyone know if he has ever even received a single vote by the Gold Glove Award Committee thus far in his career?

If he hasn't, he has the proverbial snowball's chance in Hades of ever sniffing a Gold Glove.

I do not believe Gold Glove votes are made public. The voting is done by managers and coaches. I don't know if Nick has gotten any votes, but I'm not sure how relevant that is. It takes a while for your reputation to catch up to you for awards like this. Also, the voters tend to vote for the same players over and over whether they deseerve it or not, so if someone is traded out of the league or stops playing regularly or retires that has a huge impact on the chances of other players.

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My answer isn't quite up there: I think the reputation is there, even if the performance isn't (and the metrics says it's not).

Plus, as of now, he gets flashy assist numbers.

In other words, he's as likely to get it, and not deserve it, as be denied and deserve it.

The wild card, of course is the CF issue.

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The results of this poll support my belief that blind homerism is prevalent on the OH when it comes to the inflated belief that Markakis is far superior a player than reality shows. If fans took off their blinders the results should be reversed (21-7) that he will not win a Gold Glove. This is sort of embarrassing as I thought the majority of posters here were more knowledgeable and realistic than this.:confused: I think part of the problem or issue is the Orioles have lacked so much talent over recent years when a decent player comes along his value just gets extremely over-inflated in comparison to the rest of the team.

As someone else posted, I too think Adam Jones has more than double the chance of Markakis in getting a Gold Glove over the next 6 years and even his chances are not great.

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The results of this poll support my belief that blind homerism is prevalent on the OH when it comes to the inflated belief that Markakis is far superior a player than reality shows. If fans took off their blinders the results should be reversed (21-7) that he will not win a Gold Glove.

Don't start this. Seriously. It's boring for everyone but you. And quit insulting people. "Blind homerism" is as much of an insult as dumb@#$. And I've already edited out the part of my post where I use that phrase.

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Don't start this. Seriously. It's boring for everyone but you. And quit insulting people. "Blind homerism" is as much of an insult as dumb@#$. And I've already edited out the part of my post where I use that phrase.

Okay, then. How about misguided or distorted bias in favor of Nick Markakis ability not supported in reality? Is that better?

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