Ho hum, Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado won defensive player of the month honors for May.

Arenado has won the honor, voted on by ESPN.com writers, ESPN Stats & Information researchers and anaylsts, former major-league players and others in the baseball research community, in each of the first two months of this season.

Arenado received seven of the 11 first-place votes from our panel, each of whom voted on their top three choices. Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Ryan Goins received two first-place votes and finished second, the second straight month a Blue Jays player has been the runner-up.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier received one first-place vote and finished third. The rest of the candidates placed in this order: the Miami Marlins' Dee Gordon, Yoenis Cespedes of the Detroit Tigers, the Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager (tied), Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey.

Here's a snapshot of what made each of the top three players a worthy candidate:

Arenado: He led all third basemen with eight defensive runs saved in May, three more than anyone else at the position for the month. His 18 Good Fielding Plays (think, Web-Gem Nominee type plays as selected by video trackers at Baseball Info Solutions) were five better than the third baseman with the next-most (Seager, 13).

Goins: He had eight defensive runs saved in May, the most by any shortstop. That was twice as many as the player with the next-most at the position (Brandon Crawford). Goins finished the month with 13 Good Fielding Plays and 2 Defensive Misplays and Errors. His 6.5-to-1 ratio was the best for the month among shortstops.

Kiermaier: He continues to be a high-risk, high-reward outfielder, but his ability to find ways to make plays (even if his routes look a little unusual at times) is driving his value.

His nine defensive runs saved were the most of any player in the majors in May.

Also of note:

Two other candidates had numbers that stood out in at least one area.

Gordon's improvements in the field continue to be noteworthy. His 23 Good Fielding Plays in May led the majors. Gordon finished with -5 defensive runs saved last season, but is already at eight runs saved (second-best among second basemen) in 2015.

Seager is showing his 2014 Gold Glove season wasn't a fluke. He had 13 Good Fielding Plays and only one misplay and error in May. The 13-to-1 ratio was easily best among third basemen.