St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina won his seventh Gold Glove in a row while three players from both the Royals and Orioles were honored for fielding excellence Tuesday.

Managers and coaches voted for the awards. The Society for American Baseball Research's Defensive Index factored about 25 percent into the results.

Left fielder Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and first baseman Eric Hosmer won from the Royals. Center fielder Adam Jones, right fielder Nick Markakis and shortstop J.J. Hardy won from Baltimore.

There were six first-time winners — Mets center fielder Juan Lagares, Miami left fielder Christian Yelich, Colorado second baseman DJ LeMahieu, Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager and pitchers Dallas Keuchel of Houston and Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Other winners were Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia for the fourth time each, Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons, Braves right fielder Jason Heyward and Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado.

Kershaw leads award finalists

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is among the finalists for the NL Most Valuable Player and the Cy Young Award, in position to become the first NL player to sweep both honors since Bob Gibson in 1968. Kershaw is joined by Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew McCutchen and Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton as the NL MVP finalists. Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto and St. Louis' Adam Wainwright are competing with the lefthander for the NL Cy Young.

In the AL, the MVP finalists are Cleveland outfielder Michael Brantley, Detroit designated hitter Victor Martinez and Angels outfielder Mike Trout.

The Cy Young finalists are White Sox lefthander Chris Sale, Seattle's Felix Hernandez and Cleveland's Corey Kluber.

... Terry Francona and the Indians agreed to a two-year contract extension. ... The Cubs agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract with lefthander Tsuyoshi Wada. ... Seven-time All-Star Alfonso Soriano said he is retiring. ... The Dodgers reportedly agreed to hire Athletics assistant GM Farhan Zaidi as the club's new general manager.