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Mark Simon / Sports Info Solutions:
The 2025 Fielding Bible Awards Winners — Our 20th annual honoring of the best defensive players in baseball. — Contact: Mark Simon — SIS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Fielding Bible Awards. This marks the 20th season that we have honored the best defensive players in MLB.
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Mark Simon / Sports Info Solutions:
2025 Fielding Bible Awards Voting — A look at who voted for whom in this year's Fielding Bible Awards — Sports Info Solutions announced the winners of The Fielding Bible Awards. — The 2024 Awards were determined by a panel of 16 voters, who ranked the top 5 players at each defensive position …
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MLB.com:
NL Silver Slugger finalists announced; AL tomorrow — Louisville Slugger announced the National League finalists for the 2025 Silver Slugger Award on Wednesday. The American League finalists will be revealed on Thursday. — The NL winners will be announced on Thursday, Nov. 6 …
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Alex D'Agostino / Sports Illustrated:
3 D-backs All-Stars Named Silver Slugger Finalists
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Jim Bowden / The Athletic:
Tarik Skubal heads the top 10 MLB stars most likely to be traded this offseason — There is plenty of anticipation surrounding this year's MLB free agent class, which will be led by the power bats of Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso, the well-rounded position players such as Kyle Tucker …
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Dan Treacy / Sporting News:
The Sporting News MLB awards: Jacob deGrom, Nick Kurtz headline our 2025 winners — Since 1925, The Sporting News has awarded annual honors to the best in baseball. — It started with SN's first MLB All-Star teams 100 years ago. In 1936, The Sporting News added individual honors for the top players …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Dodgers October legend Kiké Hernández knows why he's so great in MLB playoffs … TORONTO - There's no official birthdate when Playoff Kiké came into this world. But there's a very easily identifiable moment when it happened. — There's no logical reason why Playoff Kiké came into this world.
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Jorge Castillo / ESPN:
Blue Jays' Trey Yesavage to start Game 1 of World Series vs. Dodgers — TORONTO — The Blue Jays chose rookie Trey Yesavage to start Game 1 of the World Series against the defending champion Dodgers but have not decided whether to carry shortstop Bo Bichette on their roster, manager John Schneider said Thursday.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Giants name Tennessee's Tony Vitello as manager in MLB first — After days of negotiations, Tennessee coach Tony Vitello has been named the new manager of the San Francisco Giants, the team announced Wednesday, marking the first time a big league team has hired a manager directly …
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Angels hire former catcher Kurt Suzuki as new manager — The Los Angeles Angels have hired Kurt Suzuki as their new manager, turning to the longtime major league catcher with no professional coaching experience to help turn around a franchise navigating the longest playoff drought in the major leagues.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Source: Albert Pujols, Angels break off talks; to meet with Padres
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Mark Savage / BBC:
Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66 — In 1981, an unlikely group from Leeds scored a number one hit with their icy cover version of an obscure 60s soul hit. — With Tainted Love, Soft Cell set a template for 80s synth-pop duos: The flamboyant frontman paired with an unassuming keyboard technician.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia dealing with personal matter — TORONTO — Alex Vesia, one of the Los Angeles Dodgers' most trusted relievers, is dealing with a personal matter that has put his World Series availability in doubt. — As part of a statement Thursday, the Dodgers wrote that Vesia …
The Athletic:
D-Backs' Amiel Sawdaye, Guardians' Matt Forman are finalists for Rockies GM — MLB Collectibles — Rawlings | Official Major League Baseball | Display Case Included | MLB sealed — MLB Major League Baseball Logo T-shirt Sizes Youth-Adult 6XL FAST Ship! — 1 available — $7.99
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Dick Scanlon / Associated Press:
Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner score 24 points each and Orlando beats Miami 125-121 — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner scored 24 points each, Desmond Bane added 23 in his Orlando debut …
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