Hunt and Peck: Links of the Week

Yadier Molina is gold glove catcher x 7

This was so much more difficult to make than you would think

Gold glove winners include:

• Pitchers:
  NL - Zack Grienke
  AL - Dallas Kuechel
• Catchers:
  NL - Yadier Molina
  AL- Salvador Perez
• First base:
  NL - Adrian Gonzalez
  AL - Eric Hosmer
• Second base:
  NL- DJ LeMahieu
  AL - Dustin Pedroia
• Third base:
  NL - Nolen Arenado
  AL - Kyle Seager
• Shortstop:
  NL - Andrelton Simmons
  AL - J.J. Hardy
• Left field:
  NL - Christian Yelich
  AL - Alex Gordon
• Center field:
  NL - Juan Lagares
  AL - Adam Jones
• Right field:
  NL - Jason Heyward
  AL - Nick Markakis

what else is going on in baseball...

• It is award season! Vote for the GIBBYs here. - MLB
• The "finalists" for MVP, Cy Young, Manager of the Year, and Rookie of the Year have been announced. - MLB
• And of course, Silver Slugger winners. - MLB
  And GIFs! - Cut4; Cut4
• Rex Ryan names Madison Bumgarner as the Jets starting quarterback. He was joking... probably. - Cut4
• Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada is petitioning for free agency. - MLB
• Alfonso Soriano retires after a sixteen-year major league career. - MLB
• The Dodgers have a new general manager... and it is Farhan Zaidi. Gulp. - MLB
• Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera is charged with resisting arrest. - ESPN
• Remember when the White Sox reportedly turned down Carlos Martinez for Alexei Ramirez? That was weird. - Hardball Talk
• A's say there are no plans to trade Josh Donaldson. - Hardball Talk
• Is Alex Rodriguez still good at baseball? - SBNation
• Bumgarner and James Shields threw a lot of pitches. Was it too many? - Fangraphs
• The Rockies listening about Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez. - SBNation
• Would you take Albert Pujols and his contract right now, if that meant you also got Mike Trout and his contract? - Fangraphs

what the cardinals are up to...

• David Eckstein might be out of baseball, but he is still adorable and keeping busy. - Sports Illustrated
• The Cards name David Bell as the new bench coach. - Viva el Birdos
• What will the Cardinals do with Peter Bourjos? (Oh, you guys are going to love this article.) - BND
• Cardinal70 continues his series of "Exit Interviews." Jhonny Peralta is the most recent. - Card Conclave
  You can find the rest here. - Cards Conclave

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the nl central

• Brewers trade Marco Estrada for Adam Lind. - MLB
• Joe Maddon and the Cubs belong together. - Sports on Earth
• And he is already talking playoffs. - MLB
• Kris Bryant saves a fan $850. This is really quite awesome. - Cut4

viva el stuff...

• Notorious PSC looks at some potential trade targets for the Cardinals. - Viva el Birdos
• Max Rieper, the site manager at Royal Review, has a pretty interesting offseason simulation you can be a part of. - Viva el Birdos
• vances law is curious about the moves the Cardinals have made so far. Anyone have any ideas? - Viva el Birdos
• Ben updated the roster matrix. Here is where the Cardinals are at with money owed. - Viva el Birdos
• Aaron compares our community projections to the actual results, starting with Lance Lynn. - Viva el Birdos
• The hot stove is warming up. Aaron and Joe look at a potential trade target to help answer the depressing right field question. - Viva el Birdos

other things...

• Want to get rich? Move to the Midwest! *fist pump - Personal Capital
• November 4 was election day across the country. Here are the results! (Disclaimer: This link is provided to serve as information, not an invitation to debate politics. Please do not do that here! Here are the Community Guidelines.) - Politico
• The Blues win their seventh in a row Thursday night at Scottrade. - St. Louis Game Time
• Vladimir Tarasenko is a bawss. I believe hildymac of St. Louis Game Time called him the "Matt Carpenter of the Blues" or something to that effect on Twitter. - SBNation