Sports briefly: Twins' Kenta Maeda among A.L. finalists for Cy Young

Twins righthander Kenta Maeda, Indians righthander Shane Bieber and Blue Jays lefthander Hyun Jin-Ryu are the top three finalists for the American League Cy Young Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Bieber is considered the favorite after the 25-year-old righthander went 8-1 with a 1.63 ERA and 122 strikeouts, leading the major leagues in wins, ERA and strikeouts.

Maeda went 6-1 with a 2.70 ERA and 80 strikeouts and Jin-Ryu was 5-2 with a 2.69 ERA and 72 strikeouts.

The winner of each BBWAA award will be announced Nov. 11.

The top finishers in voting for AL Manager of the Year are Tampa Bay's Kevin Cash, Toronto's Charlie Montoyo and Rick Renteria, who was let go by the White Sox after the team made the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

The finalists for AL Rookie of the Year are Astros righthander Cristian Javier and center fielders Kyle Lewis of the Mariners and Luis Robert of the White Sox. Phillies infielder Alec Bohm, Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth and Brewers reliever Devin Williams are the top finishers for the NL rookie award.

Cubs' Lester a big tipper

Lester tweeted his beer tabs from sales at The Lodge, Shenanigan's, Butch McGuire's and Hopsmith, and expressed his appreciation for the support of the fans during his six seasons.

Lester's bill included $32,606.46 in beer sales and a $14,504.92 tip, which is 34% and corresponds with his Cubs jersey number.

Lester received a $10 million buyout, but still wants to pitch for the Cubs. He needs seven victories to reach the 200 mark for his storied career.

• The late Hall of Fame pitchers Dizzy Dean and Don Drysdale are candidates for the Hall's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, along with Fox's Joe Buck, ESPN's Dan Shulman and NBC's Al Michaels.

Dave Campbell, Ernesto Jerez and Buddy Blattner also are finalists, the Hall said Monday.

Michigan safeties coach Bob Shoop is limited to working with the team remotely and is not assisting on the field with the 23rd-ranked Wolverines.

The school's athletic department said it would not provide any more details because of privacy rules.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh also declined to comment on Shoop's situation. Harbaugh said Aashon Larkins, the team's special teams analyst, has taken over Shoop's on-field duties in the secondary. Larkins previously was an assistant coach at Bethune-Cookman.

• The Southeastern Conference docked Florida coach Dan Mullen $25,000 for his role in a benches-clearing brawl against the Tigers on Saturday night.

The league also issued half-game suspensions for Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey, offensive lineman Dylan Spencer and defensive lineman Markell Utsey. Each of them will sit out the first half of Missouri's next game, against No. 5 Georgia on Nov. 14.

A Honus Wagner rookie baseball card has sold for more than $1.4 million. The price was a record for the rare T-206 card of the Pirates great, the highlight of the Goldin Auctions October Legends Auction.

Also fetching a record price was the basketball rookie card of Michael Jordan, which sold for $124,230