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Mets place three players — Torrens, McLean, Benge — on NL Gold Glove finalist list

Carson Benge, Luis Torrens and Nolan McLean were named finalists for 2026 National League Gold Glove Awards. A Mets player has not won a Gold Glove since Juan Lagares in 2014, so a win by any of the three would end that drought.

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5 outletsLatest reporting Oct 14, 7:29 PM UTC4 min read

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What happened

Key facts

Carson Benge, Luis Torrens and Nolan McLean were named finalists for 2026 National League Gold Glove Awards on Oct. 14, 2026 (per amazinavenue.com, New York Post).
No New York Mets player has won a Gold Glove since Juan Lagares in 2014 (per New York Post).
Luis Torrens was a Gold Glove finalist in 2025 and lost that year to Patrick Bailey (per amazinavenue.com).
Luis Torrens had 12 Defensive Runs Saved, which ranked third in Major League Baseball (per amazinavenue.com).
Nolan McLean had 4 Defensive Runs Saved, tied for third-most among National League pitchers (per amazinavenue.com).
Carson Benge led National League right fielders with 10 assists this season and had an arm value noted as the best among outfielders (per amazinavenue.com, New York Post).

The brief

Carson Benge, Luis Torrens and Nolan McLean were named finalists for the 2026 National League Gold Glove Awards, giving the New York Mets three chances to secure a defensive prize they have not won since Juan Lagares in 2014. The finalists list, released on Oct. 14, 2026, features Torrens at catcher, McLean among pitchers and Benge in right field.

Torrens arrives at the finalist stage after another strong defensive season and a runner-up finish in 2025. One source reports Torrens produced a Fielding Run Value of 10 across 91 games, placing him second among National League catchers behind Joe Mack, and that he accumulated 12 Defensive Runs Saved, third-most in MLB.

Statcast metrics reported in another source say Torrens threw out 33 percent of attempted base stealers and finished plus-4 in caught-stealing above average, and that he was plus-5 in blocking, placing him above most peers in blocking percentile rankings. Nolan McLean’s nomination highlights his work on the mound and his glove.

Two sources record McLean with 4 Defensive Runs Saved, tied for third among National League pitchers, and note that he committed one error in 31 starts while showing notable agility. One outlet frames McLean’s candidacy as an opportunity for the Mets to return a pitcher to Gold Glove status for the first time since Ron Darling in 1989.

Carson Benge’s selection reflects his arm strength and assist totals. Reporting shows Benge led National League right fielders with 10 assists and produced an arm value cited as the best among all major league outfielders; one article recounts a play in August when Benge threw out runners at the plate on consecutive plays versus the Padres.

The finalists spread across positions underscores how the Mets’ defence was assessed this season: catcher, pitcher and outfield each produced a finalist.

Coverage differs in emphasis and metrics — one outlet foregrounds Defensive Runs Saved and Fielding Run Value, while another highlights Statcast percentiles, assist totals and specific plays — but all sources list the same three Mets finalists.

Patrick Bailey, who won the Gold Glove for catcher in 2025, is not among the 2026 finalists, a change one report connects to his midseason trade from the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Guardians. That outlet noted Bailey’s 12 Defensive Runs Saved ranked third in MLB but did not list him among 2026 finalists.

A win by any of the three would end the Mets’ Gold Glove drought dating to 2014. The coverage does not state who the winners will be; it records only the finalists and the defensive metrics and plays that underpin their nominations.

Several metrics and anecdotes support each candidacy, with Torrens’ blocking and caught-stealing numbers, McLean’s Defensive Runs Saved and low error total, and Benge’s assist totals and arm value receiving particular attention.

Why it matters

A Gold Glove win by Luis Torrens, Nolan McLean or Carson Benge would end a 12-year gap since Juan Lagares’s 2014 award, addressing a documented award shortfall for the New York Mets franchise.
Torrens’s caught-stealing rate (33 percent) and plus-4 caught-stealing above average indicate a measurable defensive contribution against baserunning, which directly reduces opponents’ stolen-base success and can change run prevention outcomes.
Carson Benge’s league-leading 10 assists from right field and top-ranked arm value are concrete defensive plays that prevented runs on recorded plays, a defensive mechanism with tangible impact on game results.
Nolan McLean’s 4 Defensive Runs Saved and one error in 31 starts suggest pitcher fielding contributed to the team’s defensive profile, giving the Mets multiple positional candidates with documented defensive value.

What to watch next

Which player among Carson Benge, Luis Torrens and Nolan McLean is announced as the National League Gold Glove winner at the award ceremony that follows the finalists announcement.
Whether Luis Torrens captures the Gold Glove at catcher after being a 2025 finalist who lost to Patrick Bailey.
Whether Nolan McLean becomes the first Mets pitcher to win a Gold Glove since Ron Darling in 1989.
Any official release of the full Gold Glove voting results that provides vote totals and the underlying metrics used by the award voters.

How it's being covered

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5 source articles · 5 unique outlets · 4 distinct reports

Coverage mix: Mostly Center· 3 Center · 1 Right

Where the outlets are based: US/Canada 80% · Unknown 20%

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Where the outlets covering this story are based.

5 unique outletsDominant coverage: US/Canada

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Coverage imbalance

Coverage is currently concentrated among Center-rated outlets (3 of 4 rated sources); comparatively few Left-rated outlets have published on the event.
Coverage is currently concentrated among outlets based in US/Canada (4 of 5 geographically-identified sources).

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How outlets' accounts compare

1 factual disagreement · 3 framing differences · 2 uncorroborated claims · 3 information gaps

Sources disagree on one factual point.Compared across 3 reports whose full text Updat3 used; 1 other outlet was checked by headline only.

Factual disagreements

Sources report different numbers, dates, attribution or causes for the same thing.

amazinavenue.com reports Luis Torrens had 12 Defensive Runs Saved; New York Post reports Torrens’s caught-stealing percentage and plus-4 caught-stealing above average but does not state Defensive Runs Saved.

Updat3: The evidence conflicts; Updat3 does not present either version as established.

Framing / emphasis differences

Sources agree on the facts but emphasise different angles, actors or consequences.

One outlet emphasizes Defensive Runs Saved and Fielding Run Value to support Torrens’s candidacy, while another emphasizes Statcast percentiles and caught-stealing percentages for Torrens.
One outlet frames McLean’s nomination as a potential end to a long-ago pitcher winner (Ron Darling, 1989), stressing historical significance; other outlets focus on McLean’s specific defensive numbers and plays.
No source attributes any action as caused by another event; there is no causal disagreement about the nominations themselves.

Updat3: The underlying facts agree; only the emphasis differs.

One-sided or uncorroborated claims

Claims that come from one party or one source family and are not independently corroborated.

amazinavenue.com states Torrens 'put up a Fielding Run Value of 10 despite playing in just 91 games.'
New York Post notes Torrens 'threw out 33 percent of baserunners attempting to steal against him' and that Benge 'threw out runners at the plate on consecutive plays in one August inning versus the Padres.'

Updat3: Not independently corroborated yet — treat as a claim, not an established fact.

Not established by the reporting

Information the available reporting does not contain or confirm. This is a gap, not a disagreement.

No source provides the Gold Glove voting totals or the voting body’s published rationale for selecting finalists and winners.
No source supplies independent verification of the cited advanced metrics beyond naming Statcast or listing Defensive Runs Saved figures; raw play-by-play or vote data are not included.
No source mentions the scheduled date or location of the Gold Glove award ceremony or the precise timeline for when winners will be announced.

Updat3: Updat3 cannot conclude anything about this from the current sources.

How we got here

Immediate backdrop: Luis Torrens had previously been a National League Gold Glove finalist in 2025 and that year’s award went to Patrick Bailey (2025), and Juan Lagares remains the last New York Mets player to win a Gold Glove trophy for his center-field defense in 2014.

The Mets’ position-specific drought for Gold Gloves has been noted against that 2014 benchmark (Juan Lagares, 2014) and the last Mets pitcher to win a Rawlings Gold Glove was Ron Darling in 1989 (Ron Darling, 1989).