The Chicago Cubs led all MLB teams with three Gold Glove Award winners this season, with Nico Hoerner joining left fielder Ian Happ and center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong as players bringing home hardware for their defensive efforts.
The win marked Happ's fourth consecutive win and Crow-Armstrong's first, while Hoerner, coming off an injury-impacted 2024, earned his second Gold Glove Award - joining Ryne Sandberg as the only Cubs second basemen to win the award multiple times in their careers.
Nico Hoerner was elite despite arm strength issues for much of the year
How Hoerner did it, though, is especially impressive: he couldn't even throw during his pregame routine until the halfway point of the season.