What if Eduardo Nunez had been playing back one more foot ...  Here's one way it could have gone differently: Eduardo Nunez was playing 115 feet from home plate.  The average third baseman this year, with two strikes on Gleyber Torres, played 117 feet deep.  —  What if Eduardo Nunez was playing 117 feet from home plate?

Red Sox's Chris Sale will start Game 1 of ALCS vs. Astros' Justin Verlander  —  Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Wednesday that ace Chris Sale will start Game 1 and David Price will start Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros, which starts Saturday.

After disappointing end to 2018, where do the Yankees go from here?  —  NEW YORK — The Yankees' 2018 campaign ended in indignity on Tuesday night as the Red Sox celebrated an ALCS berth at Yankee Stadium after the Bombers' too-little, too-late comeback effort against Craig Kimbrel in the ninth died on an infield dribbler.

The Yankees sealed their 2018 fate when they refused to go after a stud starter like Jacob deGrom  —  The Yankees pursuit of a 28th World Championship officially came to an end at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday night when their last-gasp challenge to overturn Gleyber Torres' ninth-inning groundout …

New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres' strong rookie season ends with groundout that closed out ALDS  —  NEW YORK - As the Red Sox waited to celebrate, Gleyber Torres knew their delay would not last long.  The umpires were going to review whether Torres had beaten out an infield single …

5 things that doomed the Yankees vs. the Red Sox in ALDS  —  When you win 100 games but then get quickly bounced in the division series, there are plenty of places to point the finger.  Here are five reasons why the Bombers are heading to the golf course while the Red Sox advance to meet the Astros in the ALCS.

Brian Cashman, Yankees need to get to work this winter to avoid World Series drought hitting the decade mark  —  It has been nine years now since the Yankees last celebrated a World Series championship.  —  After watching their bitter division rival Red Sox celebrate ending their 2018 season …

Under-fire umpire Angel Hernandez likely done for playoffs, but not for reason you think  —  The Washington Post  —  His team's season had just ended in the American League Division Series, and before the New York Yankees exited into the chill of winter, veteran left-hander CC Sabathia …

Home for good: Yankees eliminated by rival Red Sox in ALDS  —  NEW YORK (AP) Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees couldn't wait to get back home.  —  Now, that's exactly where they're staying.  —  CC Sabathia became the latest pitcher to put New York in an early hole as rookie manager …

How an 0-for-45 slump shaped Craig Counsell's managerial career  —  MILWAUKEE — It was right around the time current Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell was in a record 0-for-45 streak at the plate that he was approached by general manager Doug Melvin about his post-playing career plans.

Left off the Dodgers' World Series roster last year, Curtis Granderson has moved on  —  The last time we saw Curtis Granderson ... well, we didn't see him.  On the eve of the World Series in 2017, the Dodgers dropped him from their roster.  He was 36.  He never had ridden in a championship parade.