Moreno adds All-MLB First Team honors after winning the NL batting title with Diamondbacks

Gabriel Moreno’s 2026 breakout season for the Arizona Diamondbacks produced a new layer of postseason-style recognition. The catcher added All-MLB First Team honors as MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards announced their 2026 selections.

The through-line of Moreno’s season was his late-year run and the production that sustained it. During a 23-game consecutive stretch in Arizona’s push for the postseason, Moreno was in the lineup before missing the season finale with a left hamstring issue. Over that period, he hit.348/.416/.573 as he helped clinch the National League batting title.

Moreno’s award résumé also reflects a rare two-way peak. MLB notes he became only the second catcher in league history to win both a batting title and a Gold Glove Award in the same season, following Twins Hall of Famer Joe Mauer’s 2008 and 2009 batting-and-glove achievement.

The All-MLB framework, introduced in 2019, is designed to reflect full-season value. MLB says the teams are selected from nominees using regular-season criteria only, and that All-Star selections are treated differently because they are driven by first-half performance.

Arizona’s staff emphasized the blend of offense and day-to-day leadership that carried through the year. MLB’s release cited Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo describing Moreno’s ability to stay in rhythm and keep his approach while also developing from behind the plate, and it credited Moreno’s defensive improvement as part of the combined case for the honors.