The announcement
Rays shortstop Taylor Walls and left fielder Chandler Simpson were named Gold Glove finalists on October 14. A nomination is not an award victory; no winner is being declared here.
A second defensive lens
Sports Info Solutions included Simpson, with eight Defensive Runs Saved, in its left-field Fielding Bible discussion. That award uses an expert panel and selects one overall winner per position, unlike the league-by-league Gold Gloves.
Editor's perspective
Highlight catches are only one part of fielding evaluation. Range, reads and throwing decisions matter too. Statistics and game observation should inform each other rather than turn a finalist announcement into a premature prediction of the voting result.