NO, GOLD GLOVE VOTERS STILL AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION  —  The Gold Glove Awards make more sense than they used to ... but they don't make that much sense, still.  —  As I'm sure you'll recall, last year Rawlings was gracious and sensible enough to (finally) inject some machine intelligence into the process …

Dodgers hire Farhan Zaidi as GM  —  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will name Oakland Athletics assistant GM Farhan Zaidi, a Berkeley-educated economist, as their next GM, baseball sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com Tuesday night.  —  The news will be officially announced later this week.

Cubs, already a big free-agent player, are targeting Russell Martin  —  The Cubs, already the leader in free agency after landing marquee manager Joe Maddon for a $25-million, five-year deal, are going to target top free agent catcher Russell Martin, sources connected to the team said.

Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2015  —  As explained in this series of posts, Matt Swartz and MLB Trade Rumors have developed an accurate model to project arbitration salaries.  We've heard from many MLB teams and agencies that reference the projections in their work.

Former big league lefty Halsey dies at 33  —  Brad Halsey was selected by the Yankees in the eighth round of the 2002 Draft.  (Getty)  —  Former Major League left-hander Brad Halsey died on Tuesday at the age of 33, according to a tweet by Halsey's agency, O'Connell Sports.

Alfonso Soriano Announces Retirement  —  Longtime big leaguer Alfonso Soriano has annunced his retirement from the game, reports Hector Gomez of Dominican outlet Listin Diario (via Twitter).  The 38-year-old played in parts of 16 MLB seasons, including thirteen as a full-time regular.

Kershaw finalist for NL MVP, Cy Young Award  —  MLB Network names Clayton Kershaw, Andrew McCutchen and Giancarlo Stanton as the finalists for the 2014 National League Most Valuable Player  —  With the biggest piece of team hardware handed out, the most coveted individual awards are being prepared …

Korean pitcher Hyeon-jong Yang, possible Yankees target, to be posted: source  —  Yang, who throws a fastball that sits between 92-95 mph, as well as a curveball, slider and changeup, projects as a No. 3 starter in the big-leagues, although he could develop into a No. 2, according to a scout who has seen him throw.

Bogar reunites with Angels in front office  —  ANAHEIM — The Angels have brought back Tim Bogar to serve as a special assistant within their front office, general manager Jerry Dipoto confirmed on Tuesday.  —  Bogar, who will work under Dipoto, managed the Angels' Double-A affiliate in 2013 …

Rockies' qualifying offer to Michael Cuddyer decreases Mets' interest in outfielder … Baseball  —  Ranking MLB's free agent position players

New skipper plans to reach out to former manager Renteria  —  Joe Maddon discusses taking over the reins in Chicago after leaving the Rays  —  CHICAGO — Joe Maddon still has to call some of the Rays players to say goodbye, and he has a long list of new players on the Cubs whom he needs to connect with as well.