MLB Player News

The finalists for the 2013 Rawlings Gold Glove awards were announced on Friday, with three players at each position. The awards honor the league's best defenders, and winners will be announced Oct. 29. 

The American League nominees are:

Catcher: Joe Mauer, Minnesota; Salvador Perez, Kansas City; Matt Wieters, Baltimore

First Base: Chris Davis, Baltimore; Eric Hosmer, Kansas City; James Loney, Tampa Bay

Second Base: Robinson Cano, New York, Dustin Pedroia, Boston, Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay

Third Base: Adrian Beltre, Texas; Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay; Manny Machado, Baltimore

Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, Kansas City; Yunel Escobar, Tampa Bay; J.J. Hardy, Baltimore

Left Field: Yoenis Cespedes, Oakland; Andy Dirks, Detroit; Alex Gordon, Kansas City

Center Field: Lorenzo Cain, Kansas City; Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston; Adam Jones, Baltimore

Right Field: Nick Markakis, Baltimore; Josh Reddick, Oakland; Shane Victorino, Boston

Pitcher: Mark Buehrle, Toronto; R.A. Dickey, Toronto; Doug Fister, Detroit

Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter went 0 for 4 Thursday but drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in his team's 4-2 win over the Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series.

Carpenter grounded out twice and struck out once in his first three at-bats. However, he was given the chance to pay the hero in the seventh inning with his team down one, coming up with the bases loaded and just one out. He delivered a fly out to left field, bringing not just the runner home from third base for Carpenter's RBI, but also another run on a poor throw by the pitcher that tried to nail the runner heading to third.

Carpenter committed a fielding error on a tough play in the eighth inning trying to make a hurried throw to get Jacoby Ellsbury, but it didn't come back to haunt him as the Cardinals kept the Red Sox off the board in the inning. He's 1 for 8 as the series heads to St. Louis.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski told reporters Monday that third baseman Miguel Cabrera may end up needing surgery on his injured groin. For the most part, Cabrera played through a Grade 2-3 strain, sitting out just two of the team's final nine regular season games. Coming off a third straight batting title, he wasn't quite himself in the postseason, batting .262 (11 for 42) with two homers in two playoff series.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera found himself hitting second Wednesday after manager Jim Leyland shuffled the starting lineup for Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against the Red Sox, and Cabrera came through with two hits and two RBI in four at-bats as the Tigers evened the series with a 7-3 win.

Cabrera bounced back from his first hitless game of the postseason Tuesday to contribute to the team's seven-run outburst over the first four innings of the Game 4 win. After hit first multi-hit performance of the playoffs, Cabrera owns a .257/.297/.429 line with two home runs in 35 at-bats. He also stole second base uncontested in the win.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera hit his second home run of the postseason in Sunday's loss to Boston in Game 2 of the ALCS.

Cabrera is now hitting .259/.310/.481 in the postseason and his home runs in two of his past three games. Perhaps he's still injured, but either way he has shown he can still produce through the adversity.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera shook off a recent power outage to hit a two-run home run Thursday as his team advanced to the American League Championship Series with a 3-0 Game 5 win over the A's.

Cabrera's fourth-inning home run was his first extra-base hit since Sept. 17, when he hit his only home run in the month of September. He enters a matchup with the Red Sox in the ALCS with a hit in seven straight postseason games, dating back to the 2012 World Series.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced Wednesday that third baseman Miguel Cabrera will draw the start at third base in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the A's Thursday, MLB.com reports.

Cabrera appeared to be limited defensively by a lingering groin injury in Game 4, causing speculation that he could be shifted to designated hitter in order to improve the team's defense. He has received four at-bats in each of the first four games of the ALDS, managing just one single in each game and no extra-base hits.

Cardinals second baseman and lead-off man Matt Carpenter continued to struggle in the National League Division Series Wednesday despite his team's 6-1 win over the Pirates. Carpenter went 0 for 4 in Game 5, making him hitless in his last four games and just 1 for 19 over the five-game series.

Carpenter closed the regular season on a 1-for-14 funk over his last four games despite hitting .349/.441/.523 overall in the month of September. He'll look to shake out of his recent slump when the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers begins Friday.

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen reached base all four times in Sunday's Game 3 win over St. Louis.

McCutchen went 2 for 2 with a single, a double, a pair of walks and a pair of runs scored. McCutchen has reached base 12 times in 18 plate appearances for a brilliant .667 on-base percentage this postseason.

Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes placed his injury issue behind him as he went deep against the Tigers in Game 1 of the American League Division Series Friday night.

Cespedes took Detroit starter Max Scherzer deep for a two-run shot in the seventh inning to cut the lead to one run. He finished 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBI in a 3-2 defeat.