Week of Nov 1st 2026 (Sunday, Nov. 8 edition)
I’ve been hinting at this in my last few blogs, but I now have a full team of agents working behind the scenes at The Skippers View. With everything coming out each week, I figured it was time to put together a weekly roundup.
This post will cover what went out from TSV, the major MLB news, and what’s coming up.
Zero promises I do this every week. If there isn’t enough news, I won’t force it.
New on the site
The Brewer Blueprint by Dan Anicito
Top 10 MLB Trade Candidates 2026 Offseason by Dean Ciriaco
2026-27 Free Agent Predictions: Where the Top Bats and Arms Land by Brett Windisch
2027 Hall of Fame Era Ballot: All 8 Candidates, Explained by Casey Byte
20th Century MLB Trivia — Part VII by Dean Ciriaco and Greg Monroe
The daily prospect countdown is still being updated on one live post: Top 100 MLB Prospects 2027: Our Daily Countdown. The newest names on the page are Mariners outfielder Jonny Farmelo and Giants right-hander Ramon Marquez.
Award Season kicks off.
The first major awards to come out this past week were Gold Gloves and Platinum Gloves.
Gold Gloves: Boston and Arizona tied for the most winners on one club, with three apiece. The complete slate,
AL: Tanner Bibee, P (CLE); Dillon Dingler, C (DET); Christian Walker, 1B (HOU); Cole Young, 2B (SEA); Caleb Durbin, 3B (BOS); Taylor Walls, SS (TB); Cody Bellinger, LF (NYY); Ceddanne Rafaela, CF (BOS); Wilyer Abreu, RF (BOS); Ezequiel Duran, UT (TEX).
NL: Nolan McLean, P (NYM); Gabriel Moreno, C (ARI); Matt Olson, 1B (ATL); Brice Turang, 2B (MIL); Alex Bregman, 3B (CHC); Geraldo Perdomo, SS (ARI); Jackson Chourio, LF (MIL); Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF (CHC); Corbin Carroll, RF (ARI); Mauricio Dubón, UT (ATL).
Platinum Gloves: Cody Bellinger of the Yankees won his first American League Platinum Glove, and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs won his first National League Platinum Glove. Bellinger's win drew a lot of controversy Friday night. Not only did Rawlings take forever to announce the winners, but the award is also decided by fan votes. I didn’t know that, and for me, it makes the award feel meaningless.
Award finalists are set, with winners next week. All announcements are scheduled for 7 PM ET on MLB Network.
Nov. 9, Rookie of the Year: AL: Kevin McGonigle (DET), Parker Messick (CLE), Payton Tolle (BOS); NL: Carson Benge (NYM), Sal Stewart (CIN), JJ Wetherholt (STL).
Nov. 10, Manager of the Year: AL: Kevin Cash, Chad Tracy (BOS), Will Venable; NL: Don Mattingly, Pat Murphy, Walt Weiss.
Nov. 11, Cy Young: AL: Dylan Cease, Parker Messick, Cam Schlittler; NL: Jacob Misiorowski, Chris Sale, Cristopher Sánchez.
Nov. 12, MVP: AL: Yordan Alvarez (HOU), Junior Caminero (TB), Bobby Witt Jr. (KC); NL: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC), Shohei Ohtani (LAD), Brice Turang (MIL).
Many of these awards are already decided, so nothing too exciting here, unfortunately.
Around the League
Jacob Young: Multiple reports say the Nationals have extended Jacob Young on a four-year, $23 million deal with an $8 million fifth-year club option. Young’s 2026 line was .252/.318/.390 in 140 games, and he went 18-for-22 stealing bases.
From 2024 through 2026, he hit .248/.311/.340 and went 66-for-91 on stolen-base attempts, with an 82 wRC+. His +45 outs above average over that three-year span ranked second among outfielders, behind Pete Crow-Armstrong, and fourth in MLB.
Rob Cerfolio: The Cardinals named Rob Cerfolio general manager under president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom after Randy Flores left for Houston, per the Cardinals.
Jason Kanzler: The Mariners named Jason Kanzler manager, hiring the former Cubs player-development director, who had not managed at any level.
Drew Rasmussen: The Rays intend to keep Drew Rasmussen. President of baseball operations Erik Neander said Tampa Bay has “every intention right now” of holding its World Series Game 5 starter.
Arizona Fall League
Nov. 5: Peoria 5, Salt River 3. Tai Peete (STL) went 3-for-3 with a triple, two walks, two runs, and four stolen bases. Ty Harvey (SD) and Carter Graham (CIN) also stole three bases each. After that game, Peete was at .357/.446/.657 with 2 home runs, 12 RBI, and 17 stolen bases in 17 games. Surprise 9, Scottsdale 1. Welbyn Francisca (CLE) went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, two walks, a stolen base, and two runs, moving to .420/.488/.710 with 4 home runs, 28 RBI, and 6 stolen bases. Mesa beat Glendale 6-3. Other lines from that day: Rodríguez (BAL) homered and drove in three; Robinson (LAA) threw 4 hitless, scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts; McConnaughey (TEX) worked 3.2 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. Season leaders that day included Francisca at .420 with 28 RBI, O’Dowd and West with 6 home runs, and Susana with 26 strikeouts.
Nov. 6: Peoria 13, Mesa 4. Peete went 1-for-4 with a home run, 5 RBI, a walk, and 3 stolen bases. Through 18 Fall League games he was at .351/.438/.676 with 3 home runs, 17 RBI, and 20 stolen bases (his stolen-base total only; not a claimed league lead). Salt River 7, Surprise 8. Kyle DeBarge (MIN) went 2-for-3 with a home run, a triple, 3 RBI, 3 runs, and a walk; through 20 games he was at .347/.473/.625 with 4 home runs, 15 RBI, and 8 stolen bases.
Scottsdale 1, Glendale 0. Peck (DET) hit a solo home run. Also: Irish (BAL) 2-for-5 with 3 RBI; Rose (KC) 2-for-3 with 2 RBI; Sanchez (CIN) 3-for-5; Montero (CIN) 3.0 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts; Long (DET) 3.1 scoreless innings; Mercedes (MIL) 2.2 innings with 5 strikeouts. Season leaders as of Nov. 6: O’Dowd and West still at 6 home runs; Francisca’s average updated to .419.
Peete added a Saturday night highlight, reaching the final of the Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby. He knocked out Eric Bitonti and Jack O’Dowd along the way before Blue Jays prospect Aaron Parker, a last-minute fill-in for Chase Harlan, took the crown 2-1 in the final round and capped it with a 477-foot shot to left-center, per Peete (National League) and Kyle DeBarge (American League) are both on tonight’s Fall Stars Game rosters at Salt River Fields, 8 p.m. ET.
Coming up next week
Last call: the 2026 TSV Fan Awards ballot closes tonight, Sunday, Nov. 8, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Vote in the 2026 TSV Fan Awards
Nov. 8: Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game, 8 p.m. ET on MLB Network and MLB.com, at Salt River Fields.
Nov. 9: Rookie of the Year, 7 PM ET, MLB Network.
Nov. 10: Manager of the Year, 7 PM ET, MLB Network.
Nov. 10–12: GM Meetings in Las Vegas.
Nov. 11: Cy Young Awards and the Reliever of the Year Awards, 7 PM ET, MLB Network.
Nov. 12: MVP Awards, 7 PM ET, MLB Network. Arizona Fall League quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled Nov. 12–13, with the championship Nov. 14.
Nov. 17, 4 PM ET: Qualifying-offer decisions ($23.15 million) and the Rule 5 protection deadline. Silver Slugger winners are also due that day. Public offseason calendars list Owners Meetings for Nov. 17–19 (reported, not independently confirmed here against MLB.com).
Nov. 20: Non-tender deadline.
Dec. 1, 11:59 PM ET: The current CBA expires. If there is no new agreement, owners could impose a lockout as soon as Dec. 2. That is a scheduled possibility, not a prediction that a lockout is certain.
Dec. 6: Contemporary Baseball Era committee vote, with results scheduled that night on MLB Network.
On this date
On Nov. 8, 1966, Frank Robinson, that season’s Triple Crown winner with the Baltimore Orioles, was the unanimous American League Most Valuable Player. He became the first player to win the MVP award in both leagues.