It’s a big week around baseball. Not only is it trophy time with the BBWAA Awards announcements, Monday (4:00pm CST) is the deadline for players to accept or decline qualifying offers. And Friday is the deadline for teams to set their 40-man rosters. Joe Maddon (NL Manager of the Year), Jon Lester (NL Cy Young), Kyle Hendricks (NL Cy Young) and Kris Bryant (NL MVP) are finalists for the BBWAA Awards this week. And the Cubs are up for several Esurance MLB Awards, which are announced Friday … [Read more...]
Anthony Rizzo Wins Rawlings Platinum Glove and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards
Anthony Rizzo wins Rawlings NL Platinum Glove Award and Wilson First Base Defensive Player of the Year Award Anthony Rizzo’s defense was underrated around the game before this season. Anyone that watches the Cubs on a daily basis knows how good he is at first base. And now he has all of the hardware to show for his play in the field. Anthony Rizzo won his first Gold Glove Award on Tuesday and Friday night he added two more awards to his trophy case. Anthony Rizzo won the Rawlings … [Read more...]
Anthony Rizzo, Jason Heyward Win Gold Gloves
Anthony Rizzo, Jason Heyward win Rawlings Gold Gloves … First time in 11 years Cubs have multiple Gold Glove winners Cubs’ first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right fielder Jason Heyward were named National League Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners at their respective positions. This marks the first Rawlings Gold Glove Award for a Cub since second baseman Darwin Barney won the award in 2012. The Cubs have multiple award winners for the first time since 2005, when pitcher Greg Maddux and first … [Read more...]
Cubs Gold Glove Finalists, Fielding Bible Award Winners
Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell, Jason Heyward, Jake Arrieta finalists for Rawlings NL Gold Glove Awards … Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez win Fielding Bible Awards Rawlings announced between games two and three of The World Series the Gold Glove Finalists for the 2016 season. The winners will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 8 on ESPN during a special edition of Baseball Tonight. The Cubs have four players that are finalists for the prestigious fielding award at their respective positions, the most … [Read more...]