One Gold Glove didn\u2019t get Ty France a big-league deal.<\/p>\n
A second one will only help his free-agent case.<\/p>\n
Both France and catcher Freddy Fermin were named finalists for an NL Gold Glove on Wednesday. The winners will be announced Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Last year, France finished second in defensive runs saved (9) en route to winning the AL Gold Glove Award for first base.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s MVP, as voted on by the San Diego chapter of the Baseball Writers\u2019 Association of America.<\/p>\n
Fermin is a finalist for the NL catcher award alongside the Mets\u2019 Luis Torrens, a former Padre, and the Diamondbacks\u2019 Gabriel Moreno.<\/p>\n
Moreno finished second to the Tigers\u2019 Dillon Dingler (15) in defensive runs saved with 14. Torrens (12) was third and Fermin (8) was tied for sixth.<\/p>\n
Three noteworthy Padres were left off the finalists\u2019 list.<\/p>\n
Manny Machado was tied for eighth with minus-3 defensive runs saved despite leading all third basemen with a .990 fielding percentage. The Cubs\u2019 Alex Bregman (15 defensive runs saved), the Dodgers\u2019 Max Muncy (2) and the Marlins Javier Sanoja (5) were the NL finalists for third base.<\/p>\n
Fernando Tatis Jr. was tied for 20th in defensive runs saved in right field (2) and was worth minus-4 at second base. He was not named a finalist at either position or the utility spot.<\/p>\n
Center fielder Jackson Merrill finished 10th among all center fielders with 1 defensive run saved. The NL finalists for center field were the Cubs\u2019 Pete Crow-Armstrong (16 DRS), the Braves\u2019 Michael Harris II (9) and the Dodgers\u2019 Andy Pages (20).<\/p>\n
\u201cManny had a great year defensively,\u201d Padres manager Craig Stammen said on a year-end conference call on Wednesday. \u201d \u2026 \u00a0Really, if you\u2019re thinking about Gold Glove or best defenders in all of baseball, those guys (Machado, Tatis, Merrill) deserve some accolades and at least deserve to be in that conversation of winning the Gold Glove. Our defense this year was definitely an advantage that we had over a lot of teams, where if the ball was hit to us, we made the play, and we made it better than anybody else. So, a little disappointed that some of those guys don\u2019t get the recognition that they deserve. But in this Zoom call, they\u2019re going to get the recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n
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