"Bailey was named Fielding Bible's Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday afternoon, winning his second Fielding Bible Award at catcher as well. The 26-year-old Bailey joins Ke'Bryan Hayes ('23) and Daulton Varsho ('24) as the only players to win Fielding Bible Defensive Player of the Year since the award's inception in 2023. He is the first catcher to win the award."
"Patrick Bailey has many ways of controlling a game as a catcher, said Sports Info Solutions editorial operations lead Mark Simon. He is a leader on the field with the way he supports his pitching staff defensively through pitch framing, stolen base prevention, and pitch blocking. He is a deserving honoree as Defensive Player of the Year. Bailey had one of the most statistically impressive seasons in Statcast history."
Patrick Bailey won the Fielding Bible Defensive Player of the Year and claimed his second Fielding Bible Award as a catcher. The 26-year-old joins Ke'Bryan Hayes and Daulton Varsho as the only Defensive Player of the Year winners since 2023 and is the first catcher to win the award. Bailey controls games through pitch framing, stolen-base prevention, and pitch blocking. He produced a +31 Fielding Run Value over 132 games, the highest single-season total by any defensive player since 2018, and posted +25 Catcher Framing Runs. He threw out 27 baserunners with a 1.86 average pop time, tied for the majors' best. A second straight Gold Glove would make him the first Giant to win consecutive Gold Gloves since Brandon Crawford (2015–17).
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