2024 stats: 121 G, 448 PA, .234/ .298/ .339/ .637, 81 wRC+, -9.7 Offense, 36.7 Defense, 4.3 fWAR
If all things are true and just and fair and pure and right in this world, Patrick Bailey will win his first Gold Glove Award when winners are announced on November 3rd.
Bailey led all catchers in the Majors with 20 Defensive Runs Saved by a healthy margin (Gabriel Moreno’s 10 DRS was second). His 22 Fielding Run Value led all defensive players period. In this new-fangled world of one-knee catching Bailey is the bee’s knee.
In his first full year, the San Francisco Giants backstop excelled at everything behind the dish—blocking be damned.