CHAPMAN AND BAILEY WIN GOLD GLOVE AWARDS FOR STELLAR DEFENSIVE SEASONS
While one Giant added to his overflowing trophy case on Sunday, another got his going. Matt Chapman and Patrick Bailey were named Gold Glove Award winners, giving the Giants a pair for the first time since 2016, when they had three winners. San Francisco had not had a winner the past two seasons, but Chapman and Bailey were easy selections at third base and catcher, respectively.
Bailey could have won as a rookie, but this year there was no question that he would pick up the first of what could be quite a few Gold Gloves for a catcher who ranks as the best pitch-framer in baseball and is just 25 years old. Bailey gained 212 strikes for Giants pitchers, according to Inside Edge, and was worth 16 Catcher Framing Runs, per Baseball Savant. No other catcher in the NL was above six.
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