In the only vote that matters Tuesday night, Luis Robert wins Gold Glove

Luis Robert

Presidential election? Whoop dee doo, I'm not paying attention. Here at The Baseball Kid, we're focused on the votes for Gold Glove. And our congratulations go out to center fielder Luis Robert, who became the first White Sox rookie to win the honor.

Robert, who beat out Minnesota's Byron Buxton and Oakland's Ramon Laureano for the award, racked up eight defensive runs saved and tied for the lead among all MLB center fielders in Statcast's Outs Above Average metric at +7 this season.

The good news about this is Robert still has room for improvement, despite playing excellent defense during the 2020 season. He needs to get better on plays close to the wall, and needs to improve his timing when he jumps to try to make catches at the fence. He has the athleticism to makes plays like that, and there's reason to believe he'll get better with experience.

The Sox had four other finalists: second baseman Danny Mendick, third baseman Yoan Moncada and catchers James McCann and Yasmani Grandal. None of those four were expected to win, and none did.

Here is the complete list of 2020 Gold Glove winners:

American League 

P: Griffin Canning, L.A. Angels

C: Roberto Perez, Cleveland

1B: Evan White, Seattle

2B: Cesar Hernandez, Cleveland

3B: Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Texas

SS: J.P. Crawford, Seattle

LF: Alex Gordon, Kansas City

CF: Robert, White Sox

RF: Joey Gallo, Texas

National League

P: Max Fried, Atlanta

C: Tucker Barnhart, Cincinnati

1B: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs

2B: Kolten Wong, St. Louis

3B: Nolan Arenado, Colorado

SS: Javier Baez, Cubs

LF: Tyler O'Neill, St. Louis

CF: Trent Grisham, San Diego

RF: Mookie Betts, L.A. Dodgers