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Oct 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Would you want it any other way? After four heated National League Division Series showdowns, the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers will meet in a win-or-go-home Game 5 at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. Which side will get the last laugh in the intense

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2024, 02:05 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 — Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the National

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 12:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. accused the Royals‘ Maikel Garcia of intentionally trying to hurt Anthony Volpe while sliding into second base during Game 4 of a tense AL Division Series that New York clinched with a 3-1 victory

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 11:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gerrit Cole pitched like a postseason ace Thursday night, holding the Kansas City Royals to a single run over seven innings and sending the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory that put them back in the American League Championship

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Pinch-hitter David Fry had a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, then bunted home an insurance run in the ninth to help the Cleveland Guardians force a decisive Game 5 against the Detroit Tigers in their AL Division Series with a

Field Level Media Oct 10, 2024, 07:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Braves fired hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching coach Sal Fasano, multiple reports said Thursday. The rest of the Braves’ coaching staff will be left intact, and the club will replace both hitting coaches but not

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 02:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Rays said it may take weeks to fully assess how much damage was done to Tropicana Field, which saw its roof ripped to shreds by the force of Hurricane Milton as the deadly storm barreled across much of Florida. The team

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Seattle Mariners second baseman Jorge Polanco underwent surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his left knee and expects to be ready for the beginning of

Oct 10, 2024, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former American League MVP Jose Abreu signed a deal Thursday with Roberto Alomar’s San Juan Senadores to play in the Puerto Rico Winter League. The Senadores confirmed the contract on social media. Abreu, 37, was released by the Houston Astros in June, less than halfway through

Oct 10, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s win-or-go-home time for the Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals in the American League Division Series. In the first of two Thursday ALDS games, the Guardians will attempt to avoid seeing their season end at the hands of the surging Detroit Tigers. Then, in the

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that they are for sale, potentially ending one of the longest-tenured ownerships in Major League Baseball. The Pohlad family, which bought

Kiley McDaniel, ESPN MLB InsiderOct 10, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball’s qualifying offer for this offseason will be the highest ever at $21.05 million, sources

Field Level Media Oct 9, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jeff McNeil fractured his right wrist in early September and figured to miss the rest of the season, but the second baseman is scheduled to play in the Arizona Fall League this weekend and might rejoin the New York Mets if they reach

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 12:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Mookie Betts homered for the second straight night, Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Dylan Cease and the San Diego Padres 8-0 Wednesday night to force a deciding Game 5 in their tense NL Division

Associated Press Oct 9, 2024, 08:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning — his latest clutch swing in an extraordinary season full of them — and the New York Mets reached the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia

Associated Press Oct 9, 2024, 11:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — One pitch wipes out six months of success. It’s the cruelty of 21st century baseball that rewards autumn ability over summer superiority. Carlos Estevez crouched on the mound, put his hands on his knees and turned his head to watch over

ESPN News Services Oct 9, 2024, 11:48 PM ET The roof at Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, sustained major damage because of high winds associated with Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. Pictures and video on social media showed most of the

ESPN News Services Oct 9, 2024, 10:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning amid a battle of bullpens, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 3 of their AL Division Series at Kauffman