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    Five Objective Reasons Mike Trout Should Have Won The Gold Glove

    Baltimore's Adam Jones won the AL Gold Glove over Anaheim's Mike Trout, starting "snub season" off with a bang. Although defense can be harder to measure with concrete statistics, several metrics have been developed to try to quantify how much a player's fielding contributes to his team. Here are five inarguable reasons Mike Trout deserved the award.

    1. Mike Trout's UZR: 10.6

    2. Mike Trout's Defensive WAR: 2.2

    3. Mike Trout's FRAA: 8.6

    4. Mike Trout's Fielding Percentage: .993

    5. Adam Jones had 2 errors for every 1 of Mike Trout's

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