Honor thy glove: Here are this year's Gold Glove winners

Baseball’s best defenders were honored Tuesday night with the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. The best gloves in baseball — some first-time winners and some long-standing repeat champs — got their moment to shine.

Some notable winners: Buster Posey won his first Gold Glove, dethroning Yadier Molina after eight straight wins; Francisco Lindor won his first at just 22; Nolan Arenado won his fourth straight at third base and Salvador Perez won his fourth straight at catcher. The Giants won three Gold Gloves, leading all MLB teams.

 

Here’s the full list of winners:

 

CATCHER
AL: Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals
NL: Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants

 

FIRST BASE
AL: Mitch Moreland, Texas Rangers
NL: Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs

 

SECOND BASE
AL: Ian Kinsler, Detroit Tigers
NL: Joe Panik, San Francisco Giants

 

THIRD BASE
AL: Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers
NL: Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies

 

SHORTSTOP
AL: Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians
NL: Brandon Crawford, San Francisco Giants

 

LEFT FIELD
AL: Brett Gardner, New York Yankees
NL: Starling Marte, Pittsburgh Pirates

CENTER FIELD

 AL: Kevin Kiermaier, Tampa Bay Rays
NL: Ender Inciarte, Atlanta Braves

 

RIGHT FIELD
AL: Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
NL: Jason Heyward, Chicago Cubs

 

PITCHER
AL: Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros
NL: Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks

 

The Gold Glove awards are chosen based on votes by players and managers, who can only cast their ballot for players in their own league. Fans will now vote for the Platinum Glove winners, which honor the overall best defenders in each league. Fans can vote on rawlings.com.