Carlos Pena won his first Gold Glove on Thursday, which just so happens to be the first Gold Glove ever awarded to a Rays player, according to MLB.com. Other infielders to win the award were C Joe Mauer, 2B Dustin Pedroia, SS Michael Young and 3B Adrian Beltre.Pena is a sweet fielder and he led AL first baseman with a .998 fielding percentage as he made just two errors on the season, meaning that he was completely deserving of the honor.
Rawlings.com reports Seattle Mariners 3B Adrian Beltre won the Gold Glove Award.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold reports Seattle Mariners 3B Adrian Beltre won the Fielding Bible award at third base, according the annual awards that are decided by a panel of experts and featured each winter in the Bill James Handbook.
John Hickey, of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reports Seattle Mariners 3B Adrian Beltre will likely play for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic next year.
Beltre played with a torn ligament in his thumb for nearly 1 1/2 years, which says a lot of about his toughness, and enters the final year of his five-year contract with Seattle. The last time he was in this situation, he had a career season for the Dodgers, batting .334 with 48 home runs and 121 RBIs.
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