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Kinsler grabs a fielding award, is Gold Glove next?

Ian Kinsler has one fielding award in his cabinet.

And the next for the Tigers' second baseman could be coming shortly.

On Friday, Kinsler was named baseball's winner of the Fielding Bible Award at second base. The Fielding Bible Award is voted on by a 12-member panel of experts, which includes baseball luminaries like sabermetrician Bill James and reporter Peter Gammons.

The award relies heavily on defensive metrics.

Kinsler, 33, led baseball with 19 defensive runs saved in 2015. His 8.5 defensive rating was far and away the best in the American League, according to FanGraphs, and his 6.