Polanco wins third Gold Glove

Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco won his third Gold Glove and became the second major-leaguer to win one at two positions when the awards were announced Tuesday night.

Polanco, who earned a $50,000 bonus for the latest honor, won two Gold Gloves when he played second base for Detroit. The Angels' Darrin Erstad (outfield, first base) was the other player to win at two positions, according to Baseball-Reference.com.

Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp, and Andre Ethier became the first trio of Los Angeles Dodgers to win National League Gold Gloves in the same year, and Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia, and Jacoby Ellsbury became the first three Boston Red Sox in 32 seasons to win the American League honor together.

Kershaw is a first-time winner at pitcher. Ethier earned his first Gold Glove in the outfield, and Kemp regained the NL award he earned in 2009. Gonzalez got his first AL Gold Glove to go with two he won in the NL with San Diego, Pedroia won at second base for the first time since 2008, and Ellsbury earned his first Gold Glove.

Managers and coaches vote for players in their leagues and can't pick players on their own teams.

Cashman still seeks pitching. His major offseason goal accomplished, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman remains in the hunt for more starting pitching.

Cashman signed a three-year contract worth about $9 million Tuesday, a day after his previous deal expired. The announcement came less than 24 hours after CC Sabathia chose not to become a free agent and instead agreed to a contract that gave him an additional $30 million guaranteed for 2016.

"He's certainly the most important piece as we entered this process," Cashman said during a conference call. "CC provides us a lot of security, and that's obviously why he makes what he makes."

Sabathia had been under contract with the Yankees through the 2015 season, making $23 million a year. The extension includes the 2016 season and a vesting club option for 2017, the Yankees said in a news release.

A weak free-agent class for pitchers is headed by Edwin Jackson, C.J. Wilson, Mark Buehrle, and Hiroki Kuroda. Bats are more plentiful, with Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, and Carlos Beltran on the market.

"Pitching, pitching, pitching. That will be the main thrust," Cashman said. "I don't anticipate a bat being of need at all. I anticipate people knocking on our door about the current bats we have."