CLEVELAND, Ohio — During Sunday’s Guardians victory over Chicago, Steven Kwan added another masterpiece to his defensive portfolio with a face-planting catch against the left field wall that robbed Will Robertson of extra bases and saved at least one run. It was just the latest example of why the Cleveland outfielder seems destined for his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award.

“That was a great play by Kwan. We’ve seen him do that time and time again with diving plays on the warning track and no regard for his body,” Paul Hoynes remarked on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast . “He kissed the left field wall ... just a great, great catch and another inning-ending play.”

While the metrics clearly favor Kwan — he leads in virtually every defensive category for left fielders — his excellen

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