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Craig Edwards / FanGraphs Baseball:
Arrieta-Cole, Objectively One of Best Playoff Matchups Ever  —  Individual performances tend to be magnified in the postseason, and that is especially true of pitchers.  While 16-18 other players appear in the lineups and many others will have profound impacts on the outcomes of games over the next month …
Discussion: Bucs Dugout, Chicago and CBS Chicago
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Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago:
Pirates' Cole on Arrieta: ‘You want to face the best’  —  PITTSBURGH — It's a big ask of Gerrit Cole.  He has been given the responsibility of validating an historic 98-win season for his Pittsburgh Pirates by getting them into a playoff series, and he'll have to out-perform the hottest pitcher …
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
MLB.com:
A record number of fans expected to blackout PNC Park  —  The Pirates return to the Major League Baseball Postseason for the third consecutive year and the 17th time in team history.  The Pirates will host National League Central Division rival, the Chicago Cubs for a one-game Wild Card …
Discussion: Bucs Dugout
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Matt Harvey misses mandatory workout; ‘I screwed up,’ says Game 3 starter  —  17m - MLB MATT HARVEY STEVEN MATZ JUAN URIBE NEW YORK METS LOS ANGELES DODGERS + more
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
The Mets, assembled: How - and who - got the downtrodden franchise back in the playoffs
Discussion: Metsblog
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Walt Weiss To Return As Rockies Manager In 2016  —  Walt Weiss will return to the Rockies as manager in 2016, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  There had been some uncertainty surrounding the situation, with Weiss himself even recently acknowledging the possibility that he could be dismissed at season's end.
Owen Watson / Fox Sports:
Year of the rookie  —  OW  —  Every season is a great season of baseball.  It's fair to say, however, that some seasons might be better than others.  If unexpected teams succeed, records are broken and exciting rookies debut on the biggest stage, we can witness something that transcends …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2016  —  As explained here, Matt Swartz and MLB Trade Rumors have developed an accurate model to project arbitration salaries.  Many MLB teams and agencies reference our projections in their work.  You won't find anything else like this on the Internet!
Associated Press:
Cincinnati's Chapman throws 62 fastest pitches of season  —  2 photos  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Cincinnati reliever Aroldis Chapman threw the 62 fastest pitches in the big leagues this season, according to Major League Baseball's new Statcast computer system.  —  Chapman's fastest pitches ranged …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Marlins Re-Sign Ichiro Suzuki  —  1:58pm: The deal also includes a $2MM option for 2017, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets.  —  12:20pm: The Marlins have announced the re-signing of outfielder Ichiro Suzuki today, as MLB.com's Joe Frisaro first reported on Twitter.
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Kevin Long counting on Mets' lefthanded hitters to battle against Dodgers' southpaws … VOTE  —  Mets vs. Dodgers: Who has the edge in the NLDS? … Mets  —  7 Mets-Dodgers NLDS fast facts … Mets  —  Mets playoff hopefuls … Mets  —  See how the Mets celebrated winning the NL East
Discussion: Metsblog
David Aldridge / NBA.com:
Q & A: JIMMY BUTLER  —  He didn't see it, he says.  All of a sudden, there was Derrick Rose — Can't Get Right, from the movie “Life” — on the court, and injured, again.  As if Jimmy Butler didn't already know that things were changing with the Chicago Bulls, with their new coach …
Discussion: CBS Chicago and Chicago
Joe Lemire / USA Today:
AL wild card capsule: Astros vs. Yankees  —  A capsule look at Tuesday night's American League wild-card game pitting the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees:  —  Matchup: Masahiro Tanaka (12-7, 3.51 ERA) vs. Dallas Keuchel (20-8, 2.48 ERA).  —  This season: The Astros won …
 
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Chris Brown / Inside The Bills:
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Discussion: Bleacher Report and NESN.com
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Indians Promote Chris Antonetti, Mike Chernoff
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Associated Press:
Cards optimistic Yadier Molina will make postseason roster despite injury
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Vince Lara-Cinisomo / Baseball America:
2015 Texas League Top 20 Prospects
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Matt Ehalt / NorthJersey.com:
Mets: Preparing as they always do
Discussion: Metsblog
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Jeurys Familia has been the rock of the Mets' bullpen
Discussion: Metsblog
 

 
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