Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia are the first Royals left infield duo to win Gold Gloves:
It’s the first time in franchise history that the Royals’ left side of the infield has won together in the same season and just the third time that a team’s left side of the infield has won together since 2003, following the ’03 Cardinals (Scott Rolen and Edgar Renteria) and ’13 Orioles (Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy).
This is Witt’s second consecutive Gold Glove, as he becomes the first Royals player to win multiple
Gold Gloves at shortstop; the only other player to win one is Alcides Escobar (2015). Garcia took home the honor for the first time in his career. He is just the second Kansas City player to win a Gold Glove at third base, joining George Brett in 1985.
This writer totally dropped the ball on last Thursday’s rumblings, so here is the Arizona Fall League update that would have been in that morning’s piece:
The Dodgers are World Series champions.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the MVP.
The title cements the Dodgers as a dynasty.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa explained why he didn’t take a bigger leadoff on a critical ninth-inning play.
So close yet so far for the Blue Jays.
Max Scherzer plans on playing next season.
Scouting reports of players coming from Asia, courtesy of FanGraphs.
Jacksonville’s Cam Little kicked an NFL record 68-yard field goal.
