2018 Gold Glove Winners: Three Red Sox Players Take Home Hardware

Some Boston Red Sox players are adding to their hardware collection for the 2018 season.

Major League Baseball announced its Gold Glove Award winners Sunday night, and the World Series champions were well-represented for their play on the field. A total of three Red Sox players took home the award that’s given to the player who excels at their position throughout the season.

Mookie Betts earned his third career Gold Glove, marking the third straight award the right fielder has won. Betts was outstanding in right field this season, toting a near-perfect .996 fielding percentage. Betts beat out Los Angeles Angels’ Kole Calhoun and New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge.

But the awards didn’t stop there.

Betts’ fellow outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. earned his first career Gold Glove Award in his sixth MLB season after a stellar campaign in center field. Bradley made plenty of highlight-reel catches and boasted a .984 fielding percentage to go along with his nine assists, which were tied for first amongst American League center fielders.

Bradley faced some stiff competition with Chicago White Sox’s Adam Engel and the Angels’ Mike Trout. Bradley also won the AL Championship Series MVP Award after his team ousted the Houston Astros for a trip to the World Series.

Perhaps the most surprising was Ian Kinsler winning the second Gold Glove of his career, his first coming in 2016 with the Detroit Tigers. Kinsler split time this season with the Angels before being traded to Boston in July. During his time with the Sox, Kinsler had a .984 fielding percentage. He beat out Oakland Athletics’ Jed Lowrie and Texas Rangers’ Rougned Odor to win the honor.

Mitch Moreland and Andrew Benintendi also were nominated for the award at their respective positions but did not win.