The Yankees and Mets have two Gold Glove finalists apiece — sort of.
Yankees ace Max Fried is one of three pitchers up for that position’s top defensive award in the American League, while Ryan McMahon is a third-base finalist in the National League despite being traded to the Yankees from the Colorado Rockies in July.
For the Mets, catcher Luis Torrens and pitcher David Peterson are both finalists at their respective positions in the NL.
Fried, who won three Gold Gloves with the Atlanta Braves from 2020-22, led MLB pitchers with 10 defensive runs saved and 39 assists this year in his first season with the Yankees.
His competition is Jacob deGrom of the Texas Rangers and Luis Severino of A’s, neither of whom committed an error. Fried, 31, was charged with four errors.
McMahon, meanwhile, ranked fourth among MLB third baseman with 10 defensive runs saved, including six in 100 games with Colorado.
The 30-year-old McMahon lived up to his reputation as an elite defender after joining the Yankees, never more so than when he made a running catch and flipped into the visitors’ dugout during Game 3 of their Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox.
Also nominated in the NL is Ke’Bryan Hayes, who led major-league third basemen with 19 defensive runs saved and 22 outs above average for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds. Matt Shaw of the Chicago Cubs rounds out that position group.
At catcher, Torrens threw out 20 of 49 base stealers (40.8%) for the best caught-stealing rate in the NL. Advanced metrics also view Torrens favorably, as his 12 Caught Stealing Above Average was the best among MLB catchers, while his pitch framing graded within the 82nd percentile.
Torrens, 29, made 86 appearances at catcher, filling in as Francisco Alvarez dealt with multiple injuries and a month-long demotion to the minors. The other NL finalists at catcher are the San Francisco Giants’ Patrick Bailey and the Chicago Cubs’ Carson Kelly.
Peterson was tied for third among MLB pitchers with six defensive runs saved. San Francisco’s Logan Webb, who led the NL with seven defensive runs saved, is also a finalist, as is the Cubs’ Matthew Boyd, who had six.
The left-handed Peterson, 30, did not commit an error after tying for the MLB lead among pitchers with five in 2024.
McMahon, Torrens and Peterson each seek their first Gold Glove.
The Yankees’ last Gold Glove winner was shortstop Anthony Volpe in 2023, while the Mets have not had one since outfielder Juan Lagares in 2014.
