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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Braves' Brian Snitker honored as NL's top manager — Brian Snitker was selected as National League Manager of the Year, marking the fourth time a Braves manager has been honored. Hall of Famer Bobby Cox won the award in 1991, 2004 and 2005 (and also in 1985 in the AL with the Blue Jays).
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Associated Press:
Oakland's Bob Melvin, Atlanta's Brian Snitker voted MLB's top managers … Oakland's Bob Melvin was voted Manager of the Year for the third time, winning the American League honor Tuesday after leading the Athletics to the playoffs despite the lowest opening-day payroll in the major leagues.
Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Bob Melvin joins select company by winning Manager of the Year for the 3rd time — Bob Melvin is the eighth manager to win the Manager of the Year award three or more times. He won in the AL with the Athletics in 2012 and in the NL with the Diamondbacks in 2007.
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MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
Who Will Win Manager of the Year in the American League and National League? — Major League Baseball will announce the American League and National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday at 6 p.m. For the AL, the nominees are — Red Sox manager Alex Cora, A's manager Bob Melvin and Rays manager Kevin Cash.
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Jon Tayler / Sports Illustrated:
A Case for Every Team to Sign Bryce Harper — Realistically, Bryce Harper has only a few viable suitors. Yet we decided to make a case for each team to make a run at Harper. There isn't a team he wouldn't improve, after all. … The case for signing Bryce Harper is easy …
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Halos Heaven
Associated Press:
Japan rallies to beat MLB All-Stars 5-3 to lead series 3-1 — HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ryosuke Kikuchi drove in the go-ahead run on a squeeze bunt as Japan rallied with four runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the MLB All-Stars 5-3 and take a 3-1 lead in their six-game exhibition series on Tuesday.
ESPN:
MLB to investigate claims of racial discrimination vs. Mariners — Major League Baseball said Tuesday it will investigate claims of racial discrimination in the Seattle Mariners organization made by a former employee on Monday. — “MLB is aware of the allegations made by a former employee …
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TJ Cotterill / thenewstribune:
Mariners deny ex-employee's accusations of racism toward Latino staff, players
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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Angels' two-way star Shohei Ohtani wins AL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year — Shohei Ohtani is the third Angels player to win the American League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award. The others were Tim Salmon in 1993 and Mike Trout in 2012. — Ohtani pitched in 10 games and was a designated hitter in 82 games.
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Shohei Ohtani wins AL Rookie of the Year; Ronald Acuna takes NL honor
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Angels' Shohei Ohtani beats Yankees duo to win AL Rookie of the Year
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Beyond the Box Score
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Ronald Acuna Jr. has flashed the talent to soon become NL's top player
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Cubs Insider
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' 2018 rookie of year: Utility man Niko Goodrum — Niko Goodrum, arguably the Detroit Tigers' biggest bright spot from a bad 2018 season, is taking home some hardware. — Goodrum was named the Tigers rookie of the year by the Detroit Sports Media on Tuesday afternoon …
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Bless You Boys
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Jose Abreu confident he will re-sign with White Sox: 'I'm going to be part of this organization for a very long time' — Photos of White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu. — Chicago Tribune — White Sox slugger Jose Abreu doesn't seem too concerned about entering his walk season without …
Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
What a contract extension for Phillies ace Aaron Nola might look like — Aaron Nola won't win the Cy Young Award on Wednesday night. There's no shame in that, though. Not when the leading candidate had the sixth-lowest ERA among all starting pitchers in the last 50 years.
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MLB Baseball News … and DRaysBay
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Time for Giants to decide what to do with Madison Bumgarner — The timing of Farhan Zaidi's hiring by the San Francisco Giants could not be better for an organization that probably needs a clear-eyed examination of its most treasured on-field asset. It would be too much to ask …
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ESPN:
Why are baseball managers so short? — There's an odd thing about MLB managers: They're pretty short. — They're even shorter now than they were. They're shrinking! Or, more accurately, some of the taller managers have been replaced by shorter managers: Jeff Bannister (74 inches) …
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Machado, Kluber and Corbin: What wild Yankees spree would look like — What would the Yankees do? — No, not these Yankees. But the caricature of the Yankees that grew under George Steinbrenner, in which they would not only be signing Bryce Harper this offseason but also Le'Veon Bell …
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New York Daily News and Pinstripe Alley
