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Matthew Pouliot / NBCSports.com:
MLB Free Agent Rankings 2025-26: Kyle Tucker, Dylan Cease, Bo Bichette, Alex Bregman headline Top 100 list — As always, with the conclusion of the World Series comes this year's ranking of the winter's top free agents. Players are ranked based on how I expect teams will view them, not on how I perceive them myself.
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Here are the finalists for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie and Manager of the Year Awards — The 2025 finalists for MLB's four major end-of-season awards from the Baseball Writers' Association of America — the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards, the Manager of the Year Awards …
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D.J. Short / NBCSports.com:
2025 MLB Awards: Finalists, schedule, how it works, past winners — MLB teams are already shifting their attention to how they can improve going into 2026, but before we look ahead, it's time to celebrate some of the amazing seasons we just witnessed. — After members of the Baseball …
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D.J. Short / NBCSports.com:
2025 MLB Free Agency Guide: Top players, key dates, qualifying offers, how it works — While it's true that the MLB season ends with the World Series, the wheels never actually stop spinning. That's because free agency and the MLB Hot Stove essentially starts right away.
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
2025-26 MLB offseason: Best fits for top free agents — There is no Juan Soto in MLB free agency this year. There is definitely no Shohei Ohtani. But although there might not be a player who will inspire people to track the flight paths of private jets on social media …
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Darragh McDonald / MLB Trade Rumors:
BBWAA Announces 2025 Awards Finalists
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Way-too-early 2026 MLB Power Rankings: Who's No. 1?
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Manny Randhawa / MLB.com:
9 first-timers highlight 2025 Gold Glove winners — The 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners were announced Sunday night on ESPN. — Established in 1957, the Gold Glove Award honors the best defensive player at each position in each league. The voting process is made up of MLB managers and coaches …
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Alex Pavlovic / NBC Sports Bay Area & California:
Giants ace Logan Webb wins first NL Gold Glove; Patrick Bailey nabs second award — SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb has had to sit on the news. He found out late last month that he won his first Gold Glove Award, but he wasn't supposed to spread that around, so the texts would have to wait.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Braves promote Walt Weiss to manager to replace Brian Snitker — The Atlanta Braves hired Walt Weiss as manager Monday, turning to their longtime bench coach in hopes of a turnaround after they missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years. — Weiss, 61, managed the Colorado Rockies …
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Associated Press:
Atlanta Braves hire Walt Weiss as their manager, succeeding Brian Snitker — ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves hired Walt Weiss on Monday as their manager, promoting from within for the successor to 2021 World Series winner Brian Snitker. — Weiss, who turns 62 on Nov. 28 …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Inside the night Dodgers became back-to-back World Series champs — TORONTO — A 66-year-old man with a pierced left ear and a backward cap stood in the outfield at Rogers Centre early Sunday morning and beheld all that surrounded him. Tri-color confetti littered the turf …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Clayton Kershaw ended his career a World Series champion. And he had no idea.
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Steve Simmons / Toronto Sun:
Were Blue Jays robbed? 'The ball wasn't lodged in the fence. I saw it.'
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Associated Press:
Michael King, Michael Lorenzen, Mitch Garver become free agents after mutual options are declined — NEW YORK — Pitchers Michael King and Michael Lorenzen along with catcher Mitch Garver became free agents Monday when their mutual options for 2026 were declined.
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Associated Press:
Woodruff declines option with Brewers, who exercise option on Peralta, decline option on Jansen — MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff declined a $20 million mutual option for 2026 in favor of a $10 million buyout and the two-time All-Star right-hander will become a free agent.
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Associated Press:
Left-hander Dietrich Enns stays with Orioles for one-year deal worth $2,625,000 — BALTIMORE — Left-hander Dietrich Enns and the Baltimore Orioles agreed Monday to a one-year contract guaranteeing $2,625,000. — Enns gets a $2.5 million salary for 2026 and the deal includes …
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Associated Press:
Miami Marlins promote Gabe Kapler to general manager amid several front office moves — MIAMI — The Miami Marlins promoted Gabe Kapler to general manager on Monday amid a series of front office moves, the team announced. — Additionally, Frankie Piliere was promoted to vice president …
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Associated Press:
Dodgers celebrate historic back-to-back World Series titles with downtown parade, stadium rally — LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani and the rest of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their second straight World Series championship with a downtown parade and stadium rally Monday after becoming …
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