Jeter, Tex, Take Home Gold Glove

Today the AL Gold Glove Award Winners were announced, among them Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira. Here's the full AL List:

C- Joe Mauer, Twins
1B- Mark Teixeira, Yankees
2B- Placido Polanco, Tigers
SS- Derek Jeter, Yankees
3B- Evan Longoria, Rays
OF- Torii Hunter, Angels
OF- Ichiro, Mariners
OF- Adam Jones, Orioles
P- Mark Buehrle, White Sox

It's Jeter's 4th Gold Glove, Tex's 3rd.
For the full awards page, updated as they announce them, click here.

Greg's Edit: Here's a few quotes from Tex and Jeet via Mark Feinsand:

"I've said it time and time again, playing championship-caliber baseball starts with pitching and defense, and I think those two components were certainly the foundation for our success in 2009," Jeter said in a statement released by the Yankees. "I've always taken a great deal of pride in my defense, and being honored with a Gold Glove is an accomplishment I will never overlook."

"Solid defense is the most underrated component of winning baseball, but it is something I have always taken pride in," Teixeira said. "Winning a third Gold Glove means a lot to me, especially when good defense helped our entire team reach the ultimate goal of a World Championship."

They're right about the importance of solid defense, which they both played, it's just too bad once again better defensive performers with lesser known names failed to win an award they probably deserved. There is certainly an argument for Teixeira, but Jeter was not the best defensive shortstop in the AL.