LAS VEGAS -- Today marks the start of Major League Baseball’s General Manager Meetings in Las Vegas.

No, it’s not the Winter Meetings, its more famous cousin -- that comes next month in Orlando .

But if MLB gets its way, the GM Meetings may start to grow in prestige. Not because of the actual meetings -- which we’re not privy to and are probably fairly dull -- but because the event is now framed around MLB’s glitzy and well-promoted awards show on Thursday at the Cosmopolitan.

Hosted by Dodgers star Mookie Betts and comedian Roy Wood Jr., this will be the show’s third year in Las Vegas and its most glamorous yet. It’s also the first time the event has been scheduled alongside the GM Meetings, a clear sign that MLB wants as many baseball figures as possible -- including star players --

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