Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., announced today the finalists for the 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Award®, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League™ and National League™. The winners will be unveiled during a live, one-hour "Baseball Tonight - The 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Award® Announcement Show" on ESPN Sunday, November 4 at 6 p.m. CT. u5:p
The Rangers' Rougned Odor is one of three finalists at second base in the American League, joining Ian Kinsler of Boston and Jed Lowrie of Oakland. This marks the first time that Odor has been a finalist at second base. He ranked third among A.L. qualifiers at second base with a career best .984 fielding percentage (9 E/563 TC) in 127 games/123 starts and led the A.L. in putouts (218), double plays (96), and assists (336-tied).u5:p
u5:pWhile the award originated in 1957, Rawlings first began highlighting the top-three defenders at each position in 2011.