Carlos Jorge added another line to his resume on Sunday night, and this one came with some hardware. Minor League Baseball announced its Gold Glove Award winners, and the Reds outfielder was among the three outfielders honored.
That recognition came after Major League Baseball revealed its own 2026 Gold Glove winners earlier in the night, with the Reds coming away empty there because they had no finalists. The minor league side, though, gave Cincinnati a winner in Jorge.
The distinction carries some weight in the minors because the award is spread across the entire system. While the big leagues hand out Gold Gloves by league and position, Minor League Baseball has one winner at each position for all 201 teams, with the outfield split into just three winners rather than left, center and right. With five levels in play, that makes the path to the award especially crowded.
Jorge was on the field for the Gigantes in the Dominican Winter League when the news broke, though he didn’t know it at the time. He was busy making his own case with the glove and the bat.
The left-handed hitter started his pro career as an infielder, spending time at shortstop and second base before moving into the outfield on a limited basis two years later. The first look was shaky in 2023, like a player still getting comfortable in a new spot.
But by the time he returned to the field in 2024, he was in the outfield from the jump, and the offseason work showed right away. Since then, he’s looked like a difference maker in center and hasn’t backed off that level of play.
Sunday night also gave him a little offensive shine. Jorge opened his game with a homer off former big leaguer Spencer Turnbull, then kept rolling. He finished 3-for-4 with two steals, three runs scored and two runs driven in before being pinch hit for in the seventh inning.
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