


Notes
Judge, Bellinger named top rookies
O’s Mancini third in AL voting; ex-Oriole Dauer
to retire from coaching


Orioles outfielder-first baseman
The award’s winner, New York Yankees outfielder
Oakland Athletics outfielder
Nine of the 30 voters did not have Mancini on their ballot. Voters — two from each AL city — select their top three choices for the award.
There was little doubt that Judge, who set a rookie record with an AL-leading 52 home runs and is an AL Most Valuable Player Award finalist, would be voted Rookie of the Year.
Mancini’s 24 homers were third most by an Orioles rookie. The two players ahead of him on that list —
Mancini is the first Oriole to finish in the top three since right-hander
The announcement came a little more than a week after Dauer underwent emergency surgery for a blood clot to his brain, though his decision to retire had been made before the medical problem surfaced, according to The Houston Chronicle.
Dauer, 65, is still hospitalized but said to be progressing.
“He’s working every day to get a little bit better,” manager
Dauer played 10 seasons in the majors as an infielder, all with the Orioles. He was the second baseman on the 1983 World Series championship team and won his second ring with the Astros earlier this month.
“He was very selfless in his work,” Hinch said. “He loved to be around the club. He loves to work. ... One of the first things he did was connect with [
The outfielder made the announcement Monday, 12 days after the Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series.
He announced his retirement in an essay written for The Players’ Tribune website. His story touched on what finally winning a championship meant to him.
“I realized early on that my purpose in this game was to share knowledge with younger players and to give back to the game of baseball,” he wrote. “I always wanted to do that — that, and be the best teammate I could possibly be. Over 20 years, I feel like I accomplished that.
“So whether we won or lost Game 7, I would have still been happy with my career. But it still feels nice to have a ring,” he continued.
Beltrán is a nine-time All-Star who won the 1999 AL Rookie of the Year award and three Gold Gloves.
He finishes with a .279 average, 435 homers, 1,587 RBIs and 312 stolen bases.
Anthopoulos, a former Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays executive, will have autonomy of baseball operations, giving him more power than any Braves general manager since Baltimore native
Anthopoulos was to fly to Orlando on Monday night to represent the Braves at baseball’s general managers’ meetings.
He spent the past two seasons as the Dodgers’ vice president of baseball operations after six years as Toronto’s general manager.
Anthopoulos succeeds
He was happy for the pain, though. It reminded him he was alive.
Just over a week ago, Yost was working in a hunting stand on his property when he reached to attach a safety line. The stand somehow collapsed and Yost fell about 20 feet to the ground, and the landing was so hard that he suffered a “massive fracture” to his pelvis and four broken ribs.
He also lost so much blood that surgeons later told him he nearly died.
“I didn’t understand the gravity of the situation until I was through it,” said the 62-year-old Yost, an avid outdoorsman. “I’m just glad I had my phone, I’ll tell you that.”
Yost said he can’t put weight on either leg for at least two months, which means he’s confined to his lounge chair or a wheelchair. There are two rods, some plates and screws holding his pelvis together, and a good number of staples that are helping to keep the incision closed.
But he vowed that by spring training, “I should be pretty much full-go.”
Yost, the winningest manager in Royals history, is scheduled to have the staples removed next week and follow-up X-rays on his pelvis. The doctors said he’ll be off his feet for two or three months and then have to undergo physical therapy.