The Padres' Ty France, Freddy Fermin named finalists for NL Gold Glove – San Diego Union-Tribune

The Padres’ Ty France, Freddy Fermin named finalists for NL Gold Glove  San Diego Union-Tribune

Ty France won first Gold Glove in the AL in 2025; Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr. not named finalists One Gold Glove didn’t get Ty France a big-league deal. Both France and catcher Freddy Fermin were named finalists for an NL Gold Glove on Wednesday. The winners will be announced Nov. 1. The 32-year-old France leads all first basemen with 15 defensive runs saved, according to FanGraphs.com. Braves finalist Matt Olson ranks second in defensive runs saved (11) and Rockies finalist T.J. Rumfield (6) ranks fifth. Last year, France finished second in defensive runs saved (9) en route to winning the AL Gold Glove Award for first base.

France signed a minor league deal with the Padres and went on to pair a career-high 21 homers with an .865 OPS as the team’s MVP, as voted on by the San Diego chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Fermin is a finalist for the NL catcher award alongside the Mets’ Luis Torrens, a former Padre, and the Diamondbacks’ Gabriel Moreno. Moreno finished second to the Tigers’ Dillon Dingler (15) in defensive runs saved with 14. Torrens (12) was third and Fermin (8) was tied for sixth. Manny Machado was tied for eighth with minus-3 defensive runs saved despite leading all third basemen with a .990 fielding percentage.