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Happy Friday, everyone! The World Series has arrived, so you can expect to see plenty of discussion about the matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays over the coming week as they square off to see who can lay claim to being the best team of 2026. We’ve got lots of that below, plus some Tigers took home early awards this offseason as Dillon Dingler and Zach McKinstry took home their first career Fielding Bible Awards, and Kevin McGonigle netted a Sports News Rookie of the Year
Award. While the big name awards are all handed out in November after the end of the World Series, it’s great to see some Tigers’ players taking home early accolades to celebrate what they achieved this year.
Let’s get right into today’s news!
Detroit Tigers News
- Big day for awards yesterday and the Tigers netted several. The Sporting News ROY Award is not the “big” announcement for Rookie of the Year. That will come November 9th with the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award voted on by the BBWAA, but this certainly makes things look good for McGonigle.
- Plus the final episode of theis season of Behind the Stripes dropped.
MLB News
- A 2026 World Series preview from Fangraphs.
- The rest of the Fielding Bible Awards.
- Five bold predictions for the 2026 World Series.
- The A’s are counting on a youth movement with their new President of Baseball Operations.
- A postseason managerial report card for Dave Roberts.
- Baseball’s fastest bat will meet baseball’s fastest arm in the World Series.
- Nine key factors that could swing the World Series.
- The Dodgers are certain Shohei Ohtani will be fine to pitch next season.
- A look at starting pitching for the World Series.
- The Rays never meant to scout Jonathan Aranda, but he’s been at the heart of their team this season.
- How the Brewers and Rays toppled baseball’s biggest spenders.
- Is Yandy Diaz the most complete hitter in the World Series?
- A position-by-position breakdown of the Brewers and Rays.
- Bob Uecker’s family says he would be “incredibly proud” of the Brewers.
- Comparing the Brewers and Rays payrolls to other championship teams.
- A look at the coming lockout, and the free agent frenzy that could precede it.($)
- How the Rays and Braves are proving that maybe baseball isn’t broken after all.($)
- Exploring the anthem that has proven to be a hit with Brewers fans.($)
- It’s that time of year again.
- The things you’ll see customized these days…
- A sad day for the Reds.
- No real surprise here.
- Or here, if we’re being honest.
- This is actually very interesting.
