D-backs Boast 4 Gold Glove Finalists with Moreno, Carroll, Perdomo and Vargas
The Arizona Diamondbacks have 4 finalists for the 2026 National League Rawlings Gold Glove Awards®, recognizing the best defensive players as voted on by managers and coaches, with C Gabriel Moreno (third nomination), RF Corbin Carroll (second) SS Geraldo Perdomo (first), and UTL Ildemaro Vargas (first).
The winners will be unveiled Sunday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. AZ / 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The D-backs’ 4 finalists are tied for the club’s second-highest total (also: 2022), behind the franchise-best 5 finalists in 2019 and 2024, while the 4 position-player finalists are tied for the most in franchise history with 2022 and 2024.
- 2019 – 5 finalists, 3 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Mike Leake, 1B Christian Walker, SS Nick Ahmed and LF David Peralta
- 2024 – 5 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, C Gabriel Moreno, 2B Ketel Marte, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., RF Jake McCarthy
- 2022 – 4 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, CF Alek Thomas, RF Daulton Varsho, UTL Daulton Varsho
The D-backs have had multiple winners 6 times in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2019 and 2023, including a franchise-best 3 winners in 2019, in addition to single winners in 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2022 and 2024 (full list at bottom).
- 2013 – 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RF Gerardo Parra
- 2015 – 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, CF A.J. Pollock
- 2017 – 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, 1B Paul Goldschmidt
- 2018 – 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, SS Nick Ahmed
- 2019 – 3 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, SS Nick Ahmed, LF David Peralta
- 2023 – 2 winners: C Gabriel Moreno, 1B Christian Walker
C | Gabriel Moreno | 2023 Gold Glove Winner | Third Career Nomination (2023, ’24, ‘26)
Caught 104 games (99 starts)…1 of 9 MLB catchers to make 95+ catching starts.
Caught 14 runners stealing in 56 attempts.
Led the team with a .996 fielding pct. (.99598), ahead of Ildemaro Vargas (.996, .99571).
Led MLB catchers and tied for eighth among all position players with a 2.0 defensive bWAR.
Led NL catchers, finished second among MLB catchers (Dillon Dingler/DET/15) and tied for eighth among NL position players with 14 Defensive Runs Saved.
Second among MLB catchers (min. 90 games caught) with 3 errors and .996 fielding percentage, behind William Contreras/MIL (0/1.000).
Tied for second among NL catchers with 5 catcher framing runs (also: Joe Mack/MIA, Luis Torrens/NYM, Hunter Feduccia/TB-LAD and Patrick Bailey/SF-CLE), behind Daniel Susac/SF (6).
Fourth among all catchers and 16th among all position players with a .996 fielding pct.
RF | Corbin Carroll | Second Career Nomination (2025, ‘26)
Gold Glove finalist for the second straight year.
Led MLB right fielders and tied for ninth among MLB outfielders with 10 Outs Above Average.
Led MLB right fielders and ranked seventh among MLB outfielders with 351 putouts.
Tied for first among MLB right fielders (min. 100 GS in RF) with 1 fielding/non-throwing error, with Seiya Suzuki/CHC (1).
Second among MLB right fielders with 152 starts, behind Wilyer Abreu/BOS (153) and ahead of Jordan Walker/STL (148), Kyle Tucker/LAD (147) and Brandon Nimmo/TEX (145).
Tied for first among NL right fielders with 152 games played with Kyle Tucker/LAD (152).
Second among NL right fielders, behind Seiya Suzuki/CHC (14), and tied for fourth among all right fielders with 12 Defensive Runs Saved.
SS | Geraldo Perdomo | First Career Nomination (2026)
Led MLB shortstops with 157 games played and 248 putouts.
Led NL shortstops with 362 assists and ranked second among MLB shortstops, behind Gunnar Henderson/BAL (367).
Tied for second among MLB shortstops (min. 100 GS at SS) with 8 errors with Dansby Swanson/CHC (8), behind Andrés Giménez/TOR (7).
Fourth among MLB shortstops and tied for ninth among all position players with 13 Fielding Run Value [source: Baseball Savant].
Tied for fifth among MLB shortstops and tied for eighth among all position players with 16 Outs Above Average [source: Baseball Savant].
Second among NL shortstops with 8 Defensive Runs Saved, behind Masyn Winn/STL (10).
UTL | Ildemaro Vargas | First Career Nomination (2026)
Made 74 appearances (53 starts) at first base, 56 (48 starts) at second, 9 (1 start) at third, 8 at DH, 5 (2 starts) at shortstop and 2 in left field.
Made 100+ infield starts (104) for the first time in his career.
Posted a career-best .996 overall fielding pct. [min. 100.0 innings] in a career-high 997.2 innings.
Second on the team with a .996 fielding pct. (.99571), behind Gabriel Moreno (.996, .99598).
20th among all position players with a .996 fielding pct.
Tied for third among MLB infielders (min. 100 G) with 3 errors (also: Ketel Marte/AZ and 6 others), behind Freddie Freeman/LAD (1) and JJ Wetherholt/STL (2).
1 of 5 MLB infielders (min. 100 G) to not commit a throwing error with Freddie Freeman/LAD, Willson Contreras/BOS, Munetaka Murakami/CWS and Matt McLain/CIN.
Sixth among NL infielders and 10th in the Majors (min. 100 G) with a .996 fielding pct. …in the NL, trailed Freddie Freeman/LAD (.999), Michael Busch/CHC (.997), Ty France/SD (.997), JJ Wetherholt/STL (.996) and Sal Stewart/CIN (.996).
Third among NL first basemen with 7 Defensive Runs Saved, behind Ty France/SD (15) and Matt Olson/ATL (11).
D-BACKS ALL-TIME GOLD GLOVE FINALISTS & WINNERS*
*Winners only from 1998-2010. Finalists were introduced in 2011.
1999 – 1 winner: OF Steve Finley
2000 – 1 winner: OF Steve Finley
2006 – 1 winner: 2B Orlando Hudson
2007 – 1 winner: 2B Orlando Hudson
2011 – 2 finalists, 1 winner: RF Gerardo Parra, CF Chris Young
2012 – 2 finalists: C Miguel Montero, 2B Aaron Hill
2013 – 3 finalists, 2 winners: LHP Patrick Corbin, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RF Gerardo Parra
2014 – 1 finalist: RF Gerardo Parra
2015 – 2 finalists, 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, CF A.J. Pollock
2016 – 3 finalists: RHP Zack Greinke, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, 2B Jean Segura
2017 – 2 finalists, 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, 1B Paul Goldschmidt
2018 – 3 finalists, 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, SS Nick Ahmed, RF Jon Jay
2019 – 5 finalists, 3 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Mike Leake, 1B Christian Walker, SS Nick Ahmed and LF David Peralta
2021 – 1 finalist, 1 winner: LF David Peralta
2022 – 4 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, CF Alek Thomas, RF Daulton Varsho, UTL Daulton Varsho
2023 – 3 finalists, 2 winners: C Gabriel Moreno, 1B Christian Walker, CF Alek Thomas
2024 – 5 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, C Gabriel Moreno, 2B Ketel Marte, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., RF Jake McCarthy