Angels’ Joe Maddon believes David Fletcher should win a Gold Glove, despite the metrics

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ANAHEIM — Joe Maddon would similar to spot David Fletcher awarded for his antiaircraft excellence with a Gold Glove this season.

To beryllium much precise, helium expects it.

“It’s conscionable truthful obvious,” the Angels manager said of his 2nd baseman. “You can’t adjacent a accidental different 2nd baseman that you could accidental successful the aforesaid breath. Both leagues. I’m going some leagues. That’s platinum.”

Gold Gloves are awarded based connected voting by managers and coaches, who can’t ballot for their ain players.

The victor is calculated based connected a operation of those votes and the Society of American Baseball Research Defensive Index (SDI). The SDI, which accounts for astir 25 percent of the calculation, uses a look that combines respective different antiaircraft metrics into 1 number.

The latest SDI figures released were done Aug. 22, and Fletcher ranked seventh of the 14 2nd basemen listed.

Marcus Semien of the Toronto Blue Jays was the leader.

Last twelvemonth the Gold Gloves were determined solely connected the SDI, with nary voting by managers and coaches, due to the fact that teams did not each look each different successful the condensed season. In 2019, six of the 9 American League Gold Gloves went to the subordinate who led the SDI. The biggest discrepancy was astatine shortstop; Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor finished 4th successful the SDI but won the Gold Glove.

FanGraphs has an wide antiaircraft standing that besides combines respective different metrics, and Fletcher is presently ranked 11th of 12 American League 2nd basemen who person played astatine slightest 500 innings.

Semien is besides starring the FanGraphs metrics.

REMEMBER HIM?

While the Angels person called up caller pitchers often, plucking conscionable astir anyone from Triple-A oregon Double-A who had adjacent a bully week, Felix Peña has continued to languish astatine Triple-A.

It’s been a astonishing diminution for Peña, who has had stints with the Angels arsenic a palmy starter successful 2019 and 1 of their champion relievers successful 2020.

He missed the commencement of this play with an wounded and was ne'er capable to rediscover the signifier helium had earlier the injury. He gave up 7 runs successful 1-2/3 innings successful 2 games and was sent backmost to Triple-A. He has a 7.92 ERA astatine Salt Lake.

Maddon had nary mentation for what’s happened to Peña.

“Things weren’t going arsenic good for him,” Maddon said. “I don’t get progressive successful that worldly due to the fact that I’m not there. There weren’t the glowing reports similar determination had been successful the past. Every clip his sanction comes up, he’s conscionable doing OK.”

NOTES

Reliever Austin Warren rejoined the Angels aft being quarantined connected the East Coast pursuing his placement connected the COVID-related injured list. Left-hander Reid Detmers and right-hander José Marte returned a mates of days earlier. Maddon said each 3 are present “ramping up,” but helium has nary timeline for erstwhile immoderate of them volition beryllium capable to transportation again. …

The Angels inactive aren’t definite who is pitching connected Wednesday successful San Diego. It volition not beryllium Shohei Ohtani, whose adjacent commencement is apt to beryllium connected Friday oregon Saturday successful Houston.