BATON ROUGE — Former LSU All-American Alex Bregman was named the 2026 National League Gold Glove Award winner at third base. 

The award goes to the best defensive player in each league at his position. This is the second award for Bregman, who currently plays for the Chicago Cubs, as he also received the 2024 American League award at third base with the Houston Astros. 

Bregman, who is one of two former LSU players to win the award, has played 11 Major League seasons with the Astros, the Boston Red Sox and the Cubs. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu previously won four Gold Gloves. 

Bregman, who played for the Tigers from 2013 to 2015 and led them to two College World Series appearances, helped lead the Astros to two World Series championships in both 2017 and 2022 and four AL pennants. He is a three-time All-Star, the 2018 All-Star Game MVP and a 2019 Silver Slugger Award recipient.