
While the San Francisco Giants didn't have a great 2025 MLB season record-wise, which led to Bob Melvin's ouster as manager, a couple of Giants players were stellar in the field.
On Sunday night, the Gold Glove Awards were handed out to winners in both the National League and American League. Two Giants players, catcher Patrick Bailey and pitcher Logan Webb, were awarded the honors.
Bailey did a stellar job of keeping the Giants' pitching rotation in line all season long. As for Webb, he worked well with Bailey in his starts, too. Both of them, though, were able to field their positions quite well and, because of that, were award winners.
"Bailey is among the elite defensive catchers in the game, particularly when it comes to framing -- the Giants’ backstop led all catchers by a large margin with +25 framing runs last season, according to Statcast," an MLB.com report indicated.
"He also ranked among the top three percent of catchers in Caught Stealing Above Average (+8, 97th percentile) and pop time (1.86, 99th)," according to the report. "His 19 DRS also led all backstops in 2025.
"The award is Bailey’s second after he won it in 2024, as well," the MLB.com report indicated. "He is the first Giants catcher to win multiple Gold Gloves in his career -- the only others who have won the honor are Buster Posey (2016), Mike Matheny (2005) and Kirt Manwaring (1993)."
As for Webb, the Giants' starter is getting his flowers for his efforts in the field.
"After leading NL pitchers with +7 DRS in 2025, Webb has won his first career Gold Glove Award to go along with back-to-back All-Star selections," the MLB.com report indicated. "He is the second Giants pitcher to win the award -- the other was Rick Reuschel in 1987.
"Webb and Bailey became the first batterymates to win Gold Glove honors in the same season since Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina of the Cardinals in 2013."
Last season, Bailey hit .222 with six home runs and 55 RBIs. As for Webb, he was 15-11 with a 3.22 ERA.
The Giants are desperate to get back into the conversation for the National League West Division title again next season. Giants management has turned over the managerial reins to former University of Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello.
One of Vitello's goals will be to get the maximum effort from all his players, including Bailey and Webb.
Giants fans will be watching closely to see how Vitello operates in game situations. They also will hope Bailey and Webb can continue their great play when called for between the baselines.