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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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ESPN:
Blue Jays fans give Shohei Ohtani an earful at World Series — Toronto Blue Jays fans let Shohei Ohtani hear it before and during Game 1 of the World Series, their disapproval of him not picking their team in free agency in 2023 clearly still evident Friday night at Rogers Centre.
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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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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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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 …
Sean McAdam / masslive.com:
Red Sox, Jason Varitek nearing completion of new multi-year contract — The Red Sox and Jason Varitek are finalizing a new multi-year contract which will keep the former captain part of the team's coaching staff, multiple industry sources confirmed Friday. An announcement is expected soon.
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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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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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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.
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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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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