The Dodgers have two names in the mix for 2026 Gold Gloves, but only one of them feels like a true runaway candidate.
Andy Pages and Max Muncy both landed as finalists, giving Los Angeles a pair of chances to bring home some hardware. Pages has built his case the hard way in center field, while Muncy’s spot on the list stands out more because of how far he’s come with the glove this season.
For Muncy, the nomination is a nice cap on a year that was mostly defined by his bat. He slugged 29 homers and drove in 76 runs, both his best totals since 2023.
But the more interesting part of his season was what happened on defense. He finished with a 0 fielding run value and -1 outs above average, both right around league average, which is a major step forward from recent years.
That improvement matters. In 2025, Muncy finished at -4 fielding run value and -5 outs above average.
In 2023, his last fully healthy season, he posted -9 outs above average. This year also brought him two defensive runs saved, which ties him for sixth among qualified third basemen and second in the National League.
Still, the path to the award is crowded. Muncy is up against the Cubs’ Alex Bregman and the Marlins’ Javier Sanoja.
Bregman posted nine outs above average and a seven fielding run value, while leading MLB third basemen with 15 defensive runs saved. Sanoja logged fewer innings at third than the other two, but still put up six outs above average and five defensive runs saved over 778.1 innings at the hot corner.
Even if Muncy doesn’t walk away with the Gold Glove, getting this far is no small thing. He is in position to beat out names like Manny Machado and Nolan Arenado just to get to finalist status, which says plenty about the season he put together.
Pages, though, has the cleaner argument. His defense has been strong enough that it has nearly matched - and at times topped - the value he provides at the plate.
He finished with a 13 fielding run value and nine outs above average, both more than 90th percentile marks. He also led MLB center fielders in double plays started and piled up 20 defensive runs saved.
That gives him a real shot, even with stiff competition. His fellow finalists are the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Braves’ Michael Harris II. Crow-Armstrong has a particularly loud statistical case, nearly tripling Pages’ outs above average and doubling his fielding run value, so Pages may need to settle for finalist recognition rather than the trophy itself.
For now, though, the award race can wait. Both Dodgers are focused on Wednesday’s game against the Brewers, with Los Angeles trailing 2-0 in the NLCS and trying to keep its bid for a historic three-peat alive.
Game 3 is set for Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. PT.
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