St. Louis Cardinals fans baffled by stars Paul Goldschmidt and Tommy Edman not winning a Gold Glove award

St. Louis Cardinals fans were left baffled after Paul Goldschmidt and Tommy Edman did not receive the Gold Glove award this season. The winners of the Gold Glove awards were announced before Game Three of the World Series on Tuesday night.

Paul Goldschmidt won the award last year and was a finalist again this year at first base. Tommy Edman won the award last year at second base and was trying to defend his title. He was also a finalist for the utility Gold Glove Award. However, both players came up short in the final vote.

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty couldn't believe Edman and Goldschmidt didn't win. They both had incredible seasons defensively for the Cardinals.

St. Louis did have two players that did win the award this year though. Nolan Arenado took home the award at third base and rookie Brendan Donovan took home the utility Gold Glove award.

Despite that, fans couldn't help but think that Goldschmidt and Edman were robbed.

Some St. Louis Cardinals fans believe that Paul Goldschmidt didn't win the award because he is going to win the NL MVP Award. He had a tremendous season for St. Louis this year. He finished the regular season ranked third in batting average and fourth in RBIs.

Nolan Arenado became the second player to win 10 straight Gold Glove Awards to start off his career. He joined Ichiro Suzuki who had a head start on his professional career playing over in Japan before heading over to the States.

The St. Louis Cardinals have holes to fill ahead of the 2023 season

The St. Louis Cardinals lost fan-favorite Yadier Molina as he retired following the season. He was a big part of the Cardinals' success. St. Louis will be looking to fill the void at catcher in free agency.

St. Louis will have a tough time trying to find a catcher that compares to Molina. He is arguably one of MLB's best catchers of all time.

One catcher they could target in free agency is Wilson Contreras. They already showed interest in him during the regular season. Acquiring Contreras would excite St. Louis fans as he's been playing at the peak of his career.

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Jared "Bloomy" Bloom is a journalist covering Major League Baseball at Sportskeeda and a former college baseball pitcher from Illinois, who just graduated with a Master's degree in Sport Psychology.

A writer with over 3 years of experience, Jared is consistently more concerned with quality than quantity, thoroughly checking multiple sources of information, and prides himself in being knowledgeable not just about MLB, but the game of baseball in general. He loves breaking down plays and game-changing moments, as well as looking closer into players' statistics.

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