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ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Jack Flaherty will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series opener against the New York Yankees. The right-hander opposes Gerrit Cole on Friday night at Dodger Stadium in a matchup of area natives. Flaherty is from nearby

ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2024, 06:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Stephen Vogt lingered in the dugout after the season’s final out, letting the moment fill him with both pain and purpose. As the New York Yankees embraced on the field following their Game 5 win that clinched their first AL pennant

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 04:39 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn underwent a procedure to repair a cerebrospinal fluid leak earlier this month and will be sidelined at least four to five months, the team announced Tuesday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Wouter Schievink on Oct. 11

Associated Press Oct 22, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Major League Baseball hopes to find the Tampa Bay Rays a temporary home near their fan base at least for the start of the 2025 season if the damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton cannot be repaired in time.

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 01:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday named Matt Borgschulte as their hitting coach for the 2025 season. Borgschulte, 33, spent the past three seasons as a co-hitting coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He previously spent three seasons as a hitting coach in the Twins

Associated Press Oct 22, 2024, 11:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals continued the makeover of their front office Tuesday by hiring Robert Cerfolio away from the Cleveland Guardians to serve as their assistant general manager in charge of player development and performance. Cerfolio began his career in Cleveland in 2015

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers had spent three years coveting Tommy Edman, which, when you think

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 08:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have made a change at hitting coach, with Al LeBoeuf and Eric Theisen coming up from their Triple-A affiliate to take over for Connor Dawson and Ozzie Timmons. Matt Arnold, Brewers president of baseball operations, announced the moves Monday.

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions The Athletics‘ temporary ballpark in Sacramento, California, will include natural grass, not artificial turf, a pivot that should

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — While not exactly a modern metric, Aaron Boone is convinced the New York Yankees have their highest kumbaya in years. “The closeness that these guys have with one another and that trite ‘playing for one another’ is palpable with this group,

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 08:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Resale tickets for the World Series opener at Dodger Stadium against the New York Yankees started at $1,358 on Monday evening on StubHub. StubHub said sales outpaced last year’s final figures and are four times higher than the pace of the

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — More than 30 years after they became the first father-son

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner had surgery on his right hand after the season ended. The 27-year-old Hoerner had right flexor tendon surgery on Oct. 11, according to the Cubs. Dr. Keith Meister performed the operation. The team offered no further

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The average time of a nine-inning game in the League Championship Series rose 12 minutes to 3:16 this year along with an increase in scoring, though the overall postseason figure has fallen by two minutes to 3:00 in the second year

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 01:41 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions A few years from now, when the New York Mets have become the powerhouse they’re bound to be, they will look back on the 2024 season

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 03:33 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The New York Mets clubhouse was full of emotion after their Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS on Sunday night. The