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?

MLB tells panel it wants 0.25 percent ‘integrity fee’ from casinos  —  LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball and the casino industry are entrenched in their views on a league proposal to get a cut from wagers placed on the sport following the repeal of a federal ban on sports betting earlier this year.

Burgers and Brew(ers): Wisconsin restaurant ready to dish out free burgers if Brewers win 12 straight  —  A Wisconsin burger chain restaurant is gearing up for another big giveaway if the Milwaukee Brewers can open the National League Championship Series with another win.

Sources: Rangers have done significant due diligence on at least 7 managerial candidates, including Sandy Alomar Jr. and Mark DeRosa  —  The Rangers have yet to finalize their list of interviews for their vacant managerial spot, but have done significant due diligence on at least five external candidates …

What's next for the losing teams from the Division Series?  —  With the conclusion of the divisional round of the playoffs, four teams advance with a shot at a title still alive.  Conversely, four more teams join the rest of the league in thinking about next season.

Dodgers' Ross Stripling was tipping pitches ‘big time’ but believes he's eliminated the issue  —  LOS ANGELES — After making the National League All-Star team in midseason, Ross Stripling had a 6.41 ERA in the second half and was left off the Dodgers' roster for their National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves.

Yankees' CC Sabathia critical of umpire Angel Hernandez after loss  —  Umpire Angel Hernandez — who had four plays reviewed at first base in the first four innings of Game 3 on Monday night, three of which were overturned — didn't get any better Tuesday night, at least not as far as one New York Yankees player was concerned.

Miguel Andujar doesn't play for Yankees in Game 4, will wait on Rookie of the Year  —  Sean Farrell, Staff Writer, @seanfarrell92  —  NEW YORK — As the Yankees season ended with another poor offensive night, the team's doubles machines could only watch from the bench.

Six key items on Braves' offseason to-do list  —  If the Braves seemed outclassed in the NLDS - they were outscored 20-8; eight Dodgers hit home runs, while only four Braves, Sean Newcomb among them, had RBIs - that should have been no shock.  Having won the National League West six years running …

Report: Tigers won't retain TV broadcasters Mario Impemba and Rod Allen  —  Detroit Tigers television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, who were suspended by Fox Sports Detroit last month after allegedly getting into a physical altercation, will not return in 2019, according to a Detroit Free Press report.