Minor League Baseball and Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., announced the nine recipients of the 2023 Rawlings Gold Glove Award® for defensive excellence today.
The winners at each position were selected from players in the 11 full-season Minor Leagues. Each player will receive his Rawlings Gold Glove Award, modeled after the iconic award given to Major League Baseball’s top defensive players during the 2024 season.
“We’re thankful for our long-standing partnership with Minor League Baseball that enables us to recognize the deserving 2023 recipients of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® for their incomparable defensive ability,” said Mike Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer for Rawlings. “We congratulate this year’s Rawlings Gold Glove Award class of Minor League players and look forward to seeing their future baseball careers develop.”
“We are pleased to recognize these nine prospects with a Rawlings Gold Glove Award for their defensive excellence in 2023,” said Peter Woodfork, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of minor league operations and development. “On behalf of Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and our great partners at Rawlings, I congratulate each of the winners for their outstanding seasons.”
Nationals third baseman Trey Lipscomb played in 88 games at the hot corner between High-A Wilmington (46 games) and Double-A Harrisburg (42 games) and handled 240 total chances with 171 assists for a .971 fielding percentage. Lipscomb, 23, was selected by Washington in the third round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of the University of Tennessee.
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