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2025 Fielding Bible Award winners - Defensive Player of the Year, Patrick Bailey, Defensive Team of the Year- Chicago Cubs, 1B- Matt Olson, 2B- Nico Hoerner, 3B- Ke'Bryan Hayes, SS- Mookie Betts, LF- Steven Kwan, CF- Ceddanne Rafaela, RF- Fernando Tatis Jr., C- Patrick Bailey, P-Max Fried, Multi-Position- Ernie Clement

2025 MLBDefense

The 2025 Fielding Bible Awards Winners

Our 20th annual honoring of the best defensive players in baseball.

Mark Simon 10.23.2025

FootballNFL

A Primer on Total Points, Our Total Value Stat for Football

An explanation of the stat that attempts to best assess football player value.

Alex Vigderman 12.01.2020

2025 NFL

The Seahawks Are Down, But Their Defense Has Shown They’re Not Out

What the game against the Rams tells us about the Seahawks from a big picture perspective

Chris Lee 11.20.2025

Dylan Cease is in the middle of his follow through as he throws a pitch. He's wearing a grey uniform and a brown Padres cap.

2025 MLBDefense

Stat of the Week: Dylan Cease Deserved A Better Fate In 2025

The Padres defense didn't help Cease out much last season.

Mark Simon 11.19.2025

J.J. McCarthy lying on his back after getting sacked.

2025 NFL

Find Us A Good Stat on J.J. McCarthy … Believe Me, We’ve Tried

"The film says he’s been bad, the stats say he’s been bad, and that there’s currently nothing encouraging to point to ..."

Bryce Rossler 11.14.2025

Harrison Bader makes a catch in deep center field. He's wearing a light blue Phillies uniform (pants and jersey)

John Dewan's Stat of the WeekMLB

Stat of the Week: Top Defensive Players in Free Agency

Harrison Bader, Cody Bellinger, Ha-Seong Kim, and ... Ranger Suárez are among the players who could bring good defensive value to the teams that sign them.

Mark Simon 11.12.2025

Basketball

Heat Check: A Different Offensive Approach Than Any Other Team

Miami has largely abandoned ball screens which makes them a significant outlier compared to recent teams. But it's working (so far).

Jack Klein 11.11.2025

Patrick Mahomes punches the air with his right arm

2025 NFL

Patrick Mahomes Is Still The King Of Clutch (Despite the Bills Loss)

When combining our Total Points player-evaluation stat with a leverage index, Mahomes sits atop the list of clutch QBs

Alex Vigderman 11.06.2025

In 2016, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dives to make a backhand play on a ground ball.

2025 MLBDefenseJohn Dewan's Stat of the Week

Stat of the Week – Ultimate Winner of the World Series: Great Defense

We salute a few of the most impressive defensive players from a memorable conclusion to the season.

Mark Simon 11.05.2025

1B: Tyler Nevin (Seibu) 2B: Naoki Yoshikawa (Yomiuri) 3B: Teruaki Sato (Hanshin) SS: Atsuki Tomosugi (Lotte) LF: Misho Nishikawa (Lotte) CF: Ukyo Shuto (SoftBank) RF: Chusei Mannami (Nippon-Ham) C: Seishiro Sakamoto (Hanshin) P: Masato Morishita (Hiroshima) Multi: Natsuo Takizawa (Seibu) DPOY: Natsuo Takizawa DTOY: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Defense

2025 NPB Fielding Bible Award Winners

Who were the best defensive players in Japan this season?

Mark Simon 11.02.2025

Micah Parsons of the Packers tackles Dak Prescott of the Cowboys from behind.

2025 NFLNFL

A Midseason Review of the Micah Parsons Trade

The deal has had some not-so-surprising results.

Ryan Rubinstein 10.30.2025

DefenseJohn Dewan's Stat of the Week

Stat of the Week: Fielding Bible Award Runners-Up

The winners aren't the only ones who should be recognized.

Mark Simon 10.29.2025

BaseballDefenseMLB

2024 Fielding Bible Award Winners

Mark Simon 10.24.2024
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2024 SIS College Football All-American Team

Sports Info Solutions Staff 12.19.2024
FootballNFL

2024 SIS All-Rookie Team

Nathan Cooper 01.09.2025

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