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San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. and Cleveland Guardians second baseman Andrés Giménez are the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners for 2023.
The voting results of the fan-centric award were announced late Friday night. Giménez and Tatis claim the top honor after they were both among the Gold Glove winners announced on Monday. In addition to the top defensive players, the Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers were named Rawlings Gold Glove defensive teams.
With the latest American League honor, Giménez becomes the first second baseman to win a Platinum Glove. He also joins Francisco Lindor, who claimed the accolade in 2016, as the only Cleveland player to win the award.
Giménez held a .991 fielding percentage this season while recording 87 double plays and 401 assists, both career bests. The 25-year-old recorded 23 defensive runs saved, which was ranked third behind Tatis and Blue Jays outfielder Daulton Varsho.
Tatis is the first right fielder to win the Platinum Glove, which comes after he missed the entire 2022 season due to injuries and a PED suspension. When the 25-year-old returned this year, he changed positions from shortstop to right field. This season, Tatis was tied for third in outfield assists with 12. He is the first Padre and the first outfielder from the National League to take home the award.
Fans were asked to vote on the Platinum Glove Award for the first time in 2011. It combines international voting results with the Society for American Baseball Research’s Defensive Index. The Gold Glove award is based on that index and decisions from team managers and coaches.
This year marks the first time in six years that eight-time All-Star Nolan Arenado isn't the NL Platinum Glove honoree. The AL award has gone to a different winner in each of the last five years.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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