Hi everyone

This is Mark Simon from Sports Info Solutions (the Defensive Runs Saved folks). Just letting people here know that Nico Hoerner won a Fielding Bible Award at second base and the Cubs are the inaugural winners of our Defensive Team of the Year award.

A brief write-up for each:

Defensive Team of the Year – Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are our inaugural Defensive Team of the Year winner. They ranked second in the majors and led all NL teams in Defensive Runs Saved.

The Cubs were the only team to have a positive Runs Saved total from eight of the nine defensive positions (all but right field).

They had the MLB leader in Runs Saved at second base (Nico Hoerner, who won the Fielding Bible Award) and the runner-up in center field (Pete Crow-Armstrong). They also had the No. 3 left fielder (Ian Happ), and the No. 3 pitcher (Matthew Boyd), as well as the No. 4 third baseman (Matt Shaw).

"Cubs management built a team that prides itself in defensive excellence and that showed up all over the field," Simon said. "They were especially strong up the middle and at some of the game's most important positions. Their best defensive players stayed healthy all season. They are a great choice as our inaugural Defensive Team of the Year winner."

 Second Base – Nico Hoerner, Chicago Cubs

 Nico Hoerner won his first Fielding Bible Award. He led all second basemen with a career high 17 Defensive Runs Saved in 2025. Only two other players had at least 10 Runs Saved at the position.

 Hoerner was an MLB-best 15 Plays Saved better than the average second baseman on balls hit to his right, meaning he took away a lot of potential hits on balls hit up the middle. He is the lone winner from the Defensive Team of the Year, the Cubs.

 Hoerner joined Darwin Barney (2012) as the only Cubs second basemen to win the Award. This is the second straight year that a Cubs middle infielder won the Award. Dansby Swanson won at shortstop in 2024. 

More here

https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/10/23/2025-defensive-team-of-the-year-chicago-cubs/

https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/10/23/the-2025-fielding-bible-awards-winners/

5 comments

  4. The defense was truly fucking awesome this season. Say what you will, but that raised the floor considerably for this team. They were in pretty much every game, regardless of what the pitching looked like and how cold the bats were.

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