Red Sox outfielders Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela were both named 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove award winners Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Abreu is now a two-time Gold Glover after winning for the second consecutive season. He beat out Rangers\u2019 Adolis Garc\u00eda and Astros\u2019 Cam Smith.<\/p>\n
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This marks the 25-year-old Rafaela\u2019s first career Gold Glove. He beat out Royals\u2019 Kyle Isbel and Mariners\u2019 Julio Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n
It is the first time the Red Sox had multiple winners in the same season since 2018 when Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Ian Kinsler were honored. It is the fifth time in team history the Red Sox have had multiple outfielders win a Gold Glove in the same year and the first time since Betts and Bradley did it in \u201918.<\/p>\n
Rafaela recorded the second most defensive runs saved (20) among all qualified major league defenders, behind only Cleveland left fielder Steven Kwan (22). He was tied with two others for the third most outs above average (21) among all big league defenders.<\/p>\n
He ranked in the 99th percentile among outfielders in both outs above average and fielding run value (22), while finishing in the 97th percentile in arm strength (93.4 mph) and the 86th percentile in arm value (2).<\/p>\n
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Abreu posted 15 defensive runs saved in 847 \u2153 innings in right field this season. He finished in the 97th percentile in arm strength (94.2 mph), 94th percentile in outs above average (8), 90th percentile in fielding run value (8) and 77th in arm value (1).<\/p>\n
He won the award despite just 95 starts in right field. He was limited this season after spending time on the IL with both a left oblique strain and right calf strain. The left-handed hitter also started almost exclusively against right-handed starting pitchers. He made just eight starts vs. southpaws.<\/p>\n
Last year, he became the first Red Sox rookie to win a Gold Glove since Fred Lynn in 1975.<\/p>\n
Carlos Narv\u00e1ez, a 26-year-old rookie who Boston acquired from the Yankees at the 2024 Winter Meetings, was a finalist at catcher but Tigers\u2019 Dillon Dingler won the award.<\/p>\n
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Narv\u00e1ez threw out 32 potential base stealers, the most among major league catchers. Overall, he threw out 29.9% of base stealers (32-for-107).<\/p>\n
He finished in the 98th percentile among major league catchers in caught stealing above average (9), 95th percentile in fielding run value (12), 88th percentile in blocks above average (6), 85th percentile in framing (5) and the 88th percentile in pop time (1.92 seconds).<\/p>\n
The rookie played on an injured meniscus for at least the final eight weeks of the season, including the postseason. He underwent a left knee meniscectomy on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n
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