Overview
- Major League Baseball and Rawlings revealed the 2026 Gold Glove winners on Sunday night, Nov. 1, during an ESPN broadcast, naming 20 positional honorees across both leagues.
- Detroit catcher Dillon Dingler won a second straight American League Gold Glove, New York Mets rookie Nolan McLean became the first rookie pitcher to win a Gold Glove, and both the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks produced three winners each.
- The selection process weights roughly 75% voting by managers and coaches and 25% input from the SABR Defensive Index, and advanced metrics such as Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), Outs Above Average (OAA) and Fielding Run Value (FRV) were central to explaining winners and high-profile snubs.
- The Chicago Cubs captured two National League awards with Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alex Bregman, while the Toronto Blue Jays, despite having the most American League finalists, did not win any Gold Gloves.
- Fan voting for the Platinum Glove opened immediately after the Gold Glove ceremony, will run through Nov. 5, and the combined fan-and-SABR winner will be announced on Nov. 6, extending the defensive conversation into early November.