Cody Bellinger’s Platinum Glove Is a Reminder of What Protection Is Value – Sox and Dawgs

MLB introduced that Cody Bellinger is the 2026 AL Rawlings Platinum Glove winner, which makes the Yankees’ left fielder the perfect defender within the AL by the award’s voting.

Cody Bellinger provides the Rawlings Platinum Glove to his crowded trophy case 🏆

He joins Jose Trevino (2022) as the one Yankees to win the Platinum Glove within the 16-year historical past of the award. pic.twitter.com/doX74TQy0H

— MLB (@MLB) November 7, 2026

Bellinger additionally took the AL Gold Glove in left area, and the Platinum is the subsequent rung up: a single winner per league, pulled from the Gold Glove class by fan votes plus an SDI-based part. The award began in 2011, and MLB says Bellinger joins Jose Trevino as the one Yankees to win it in these 16 years. Trevino obtained his in 2022, his first.

Sixteen years, two Yankees. Take into consideration that the subsequent time someone tells you the Bronx solely buys bats.

The Yankees, an AL East rival, now have a Platinum Glove in left area. Boston followers can take that nevertheless they like.

Now the opinion half, and it’s only opinion, about baseball speak usually and never a knock on the Purple Sox roster. Offseason dialog in every single place runs on who will hit thirty homers, who will lead off, who will shield whoever. Glove speak reveals up in March, often after someone boots a ball, after which it disappears once more.

To me, that’s backwards. A run saved counts the identical as a run pushed in, and no one makes a banner for the man who took a double away within the fifth inning of a Tuesday recreation. A Platinum Glove at the least will get someone to say the quiet factor out loud.

So right here is my ask for the winter. When the recent range speak begins, make the primary query about who can catch the ball, then who can hit it. The glove ought to get invited to the dialog earlier than the bat finishes its second drink.