Even though the Postseason is still going on, Award Season is right around the corner. That means that we’re starting to get names trickling in for awards such as the Gold Gloves. Rawlings has revealed the finalists for each position and as it turns out, the Braves will have two players in the running for taking home some hardware this fall.

Both Nick Allen and Matt Olson have been named finalists at shortstop and first base, respectively.

If we’re going by the metrics used by Statcast, both Allen and Olson deserve to be here and Olson should be an overwhelming favorite. Yes, Nick Allen did end up losing his starting job once the Braves acquired Ha-Seong Kim but that was solely because of his bat. Allen was fantastic with the glove at shortstop for most of the season, as he finished the

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