"If he wasn't the easy favorite to win the NL Gold Glove Award at first base, he is now after Sports Info Solutions released their annual Fielding Bible Awards earlier today. Unlike the Gold Gloves, SIS hands out the Fielding Bible Awards on a baseball-wide basis, meaning that they have decided that Matt Olson is the best defensive first baseman in baseball for the 2025 season."
"In addition to leading all first basemen in DRS with a whopping 17 (which was good for a tie for fifth place among all defenders in baseball), Olson was the NL leader among first basemen in OAA (9, trailing only Ty France for the overall lead at 10) and he led all first basemen in baseball with a Fielding Run Value of 8 (again, Ty France was in the neighborhood in second place at 7)."
Matt Olson was the best defensive first baseman in MLB in 2025, earning the baseball-wide Fielding Bible Award. Olson also received nominations for the All-MLB team and was a finalist for the NL Gold Glove and the Silver Slugger at first base. Olson led all first basemen with 17 DRS (tied for fifth among all defenders), led NL first basemen with 9 OAA (trailing only Ty France's 10 overall), and posted a Fielding Run Value of 8, the highest among first basemen. This marks Olson's fifth Fielding Bible Award and strengthens his case to win the NL Gold Glove.
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