On Sunday night, the 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were announced during a one-hour special on ESPN.

And to the delight of the millions of Red Sox fans who were definitely locked in to a presentation they definitely have had marked down in their calendars for weeks (sarcasm...more on this later), two players from Boston’s outfield in 2025 came home with the top fielding honor at their position in the American League.

Center Fielder Ceddanne Rafaela and Right Fielder Wilyer Abreu both emerged victorious on Sunday. Abreu collects his second consecutive Gold Glove, with Rafaela winning for the first time in his young career.

If you watched either one of these players play throughout the 2025 season, these honors should come as no surprise.

Rafaela was third in the majors in defensive runs saved at 21 on the year, which was tops at his own position. And even outside of the numbers, you could just use the eye test to see that this guy was at a different level than everyone else playing center field in the majors. It felt like once every 10 days we were hearing Alex Cora say “catch of the year” for this guy during his postgame press conferences.

“He’s playing with his hair on fire,” said ESPN’s Eduardo Perez during the telecast. “He's running everywhere. He's running into walls. He's completely reckless out there, and there's no fear of trying to take away a home run or running into the walls. So the thing about Rafaela - he's got the numbers to back it up as well. Led all center fielders with 21 [defensive run saves], phenomenal arm and even gets a great jump.”

For Abreu, this second consecutive Gold Glove comes in just his second season in the bigs, making you wonder what this man’s trophy case is going to look like when it’s all said and done years down the line. Despite only playing 115 games this season due to injury, Abreu’s 15 defensive run saves was second among AL right fielders with at least 800 or more defensive innings of work.

“Wilyer Abreu his a special outfielder,” said Perez. “He missed some time this year. But when he’s out there, he’s a game changer. One thing that’s different about him - he’s very good at getting to balls shallow ... He plays shallow, he’s got a great arm, and he really makes a big difference for the Red Sox when he’s out there.”

Abreu and Rafaela’s teammate Carlos Narvaez was also nominated for a Gold Glove at catcher, but did not emerge victorious on Sunday. He lost out to Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler.

Former Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts was nominated for a Gold Glove in his first full season at shortstop for the Dodgers. He lost out to Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr.

Tom Carroll is a contributor for Roundtable, with boots-on-the-ground coverage of all things Boston sports. He's a senior digital content producer for WEEI.com, and a native of Lincoln, RI.