Giants ace Logan Webb wins first NL Gold Glove; Patrick Bailey nabs second award

SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb has had to sit on the news. He found out late last month that he won his first Gold Glove Award, but he wasn’t supposed to spread that around, so the texts would have to wait. Now, they can fly.One of Webb’s close friends is Brandon Crawford, a four-time Gold Glove Award winner, and one of his best friends on this current roster is five-time winner Matt Chapman. Webb’s catcher, Patrick Bailey, won his second straight Gold Glove on Sunday. “I’m just going to tell those guys, if I can win it, anybody can win it,” Webb joked. The staff ace capped an outstanding all-around season on Sunday by winning the NL Gold Glove Award for pitchers, beating Matthew Boyd of the Chicago Cubs and David Peterson of the New York Mets. Give Webby the Cy Young AND a Gold Glove pic.twitter.com/jqygDmoE7s — SF Giants on NBCS (&commat;NBCSGiants) July 1, 2025 Bailey became the first Giants catcher to win two Gold Gloves, and he has a strong case to win the Platinum Glove, given to the best defender overall in each league.While Bailey was the frontrunner all year, Webb’s inclusion on the finalist list might have surprised some. He emerged as the winner because he made huge strides in holding runners and did a good job of fielding the many, many grounders that came his way as a sinkerballer. He also noted that he didn’t have notable costly errors, which in past years have ticked him off.For the 28-year-old, this is a long time coming. He has worked for years to find fixes against baserunners, and in 2025, it all clicked. But this was also not a day he totally saw coming. “Honestly, I just wanted to get better at playing defense,” Webb said. “I feel like the last couple of years I finished in the bottom five in holding runners and some of the defensive stats that they have. I wanted to get better at it. I didn’t necessarily think it would result in a Gold Glove, but I always thought maybe I could do it.“I feel like I get a lot of groundballs hit to me and a lot of getovers (to first base). I just had to fix some of the other stuff. It’s a really cool accomplishment and I’m super excited about it.”The glaring weakness in previous years was holding runners, and at times, that led to games that embarrassed Webb. He has mentioned multiple times over the past year how upset he was to allow four stolen bases in a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2024. One of them went to opposing catcher Pedro Pages, who has eight total stolen bases in the minors and majors. Webb credited former manager Bob Melvin and coaches Matt Williams, Mark Hallberg, J.P. Martinez and Garvin Alston for helping him find adjustments this spring. He worked on mixing up his times and looks in live bullpen sessions and Cactus League games, and from the start of the season it was clear that he had found solutions. After allowing 21 stolen bases last year, he saw just nine this season, and his increased emphasis on holding runners allowed Bailey to throw out seven of the 16 runners who attempted to steal against the battery. Webb was a negative in Net Bases Prevented in each of the previous five seasons but was at plus-five in 2025, ranking among the league leaders. He also led NL pitchers in Defensive Runs Saved and committed just one error in 207 innings. “It’s a huge part of baseball and a huge part of what the Giants try to do,” Webb said of his defense. “I think that’s why we have so many around here. It’s cool to be a part of that.”Webb and Bailey became the first battery to win Gold Gloves since St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina in 2013. The right-hander also joined Rick Reuschel as the only Giants pitchers to win one, and this latest win might mean a bit more; Reuschel spent most of that 1987 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bailey got bragging rights on his boss, Buster Posey, and every other catcher in franchise history. He also became the first National League catcher to go back-to-back since Molina won eight straight between 2008 and 2015. The voting on this one might have been just as easy as it was in Molina’s prime years. Bailey easily led all big leaguers in Fielding Run Value and he lapped the field in Catcher Framing Runs. At 19 Defensive Runs Saved, he was nearly twice as valuable in that metric as the next-best catcher in the National League. “His defense is amazing and I feel like he just keeps getting better,” Webb said. “It’s fun to watch him do his work every day. He works hard at his craft.” Bailey caught a fish pic.twitter.com/2R0NUNcd5B — SF Giants on NBCS (&commat;NBCSGiants) May 30, 2025 Webb said the first time he ever threw to Bailey was when they were paired up in minor league camp after Webb drove over to get some innings in one spring. Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz, then the Giants’ catching coach, told Webb that he would like the young catcher. Years later, they’re both key players for a franchise that hopes much better days are ahead. Webb would like to win a Cy Young Award one day and add to the trophy case, but he said his main goal is simply to pitch in the postseason again. If the Giants get there in 2026, Webb might want to record the broadcast. He smiled when talking about some of what comes with winning a Gold Glove.“Now, when people watch the game, I get that Gold Glove (icon) next to my name when they show the defensive positioning,” Webb said.Download and follow the Giants Talk Podcast

Giants ace Logan Webb wins first NL Gold Glove; Patrick Bailey nabs second award

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