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- We’re not too far from awards season, which means the usual worthy nominees, head-scratching selections, and outright upsets have started to populate the Gold Glove discussion for 2025. Dillon Dingler is one of the catching finalists for the Detroit Tigers; Carlos Santana earns another nom for the Cleveland Guardians after winning the 1B award last season. Bobby Witt, Jr. represents shortstop, with division foes Maikel Garcia (Royals) and Jose Ramirez (Guardians) both nominated at third base. Steven Kwan, Kyle Isbel, and Daniel Schneemann round out the list of prospective winners, at both the outfield and utility positions.
- While the terms are never disclosed by the Detroit Tigers, it is worth noting that the club announced an extension on Monday with manager A.J. Hinch, who has been their skipper since 2020, when he joined the team after the completion of a one-year suspension.
- The other major Detroit extension candidate is Tarik Skubal, if you believe there’s a snowball’s chance that he doesn’t make it to free agency. But those figures might be a little harder to fudge than Hinch’s; recent reporting indicated that the Tigers were more than $200 million apart in numbers when last they chatted.
- We’ve had a steady stream of updates on the potential relocation of the Royals stadium over the last couple years. Here’s the latest, involving a potential site in North Kansas City.
- Kai Correa, previously the Guardians’ field coordinator/strategic director, has been poached by the New York Mets to fill their open bench coach position. One would not expect Correa to take very long to find a managerial role after this, and his name was tossed about during speculation around intra-division candidates to replace Rocco Baldelli.
- Brandon Day over at Bless You Boys has an ALDS post-mortem for Tigers fans after a bit of a roller-coaster season.
- Meanwhile, Royals Review proposes a Byron Buxton acquisition. Uh, okay. They also have a somewhat more measured retrospective of the 2024-25 offseason.
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