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8:20 PM ET, October 5, 2021

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ESPN:
2021 MLB playoffs: Our predictions from the wild-card games through the World Series  —  The 2021 MLB playoffs begin Tuesday night with 10 teams hoping to raise this year's World Series trophy.  —  The San Francisco Giants enter October with Major League Baseball's best record …
Discussion: NBCSports.com, The Athletic and MLB.com
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All New Yorkers / New York Post:
Boston sucks — and these are all the reasons why  —  As the Yankees prepare for tonight's one-game wild-card face-off against the Boston Red Sox, here's a reminder from the home of the Bronx Bombers as to why the Big Apple will always come out on top of Beantown - win or lose.
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Another huge Yankees moment is here for Gerrit Cole  —  BOSTON — This is the moment when Gerrit Cole can earn more than that record-setting paycheck.  The Yankees ace takes the ball on Tuesday night in the American League Wild Card Game with one chance to keep the Bombers' so far disappointing season alive.
Discussion: NBCSports.com and Pinstripe Alley
ESPN:
Boston Red Sox's J.D. Martinez getting treatment on ankle; Gio Urshela good to go for New York Yankees  —  Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez remains a question for the team's American League Wild Card Game against the visiting New York Yankees on Tuesday night at Fenway Park as he continues to recover from a sprained left ankle.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw exits with left forearm discomfort; playoff availability ‘not looking great’  —  Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts saw Clayton Kershaw occasionally wince as he navigated through the Milwaukee Brewers' lineup on Friday night and thought — hoped …
Discussion: The Athletic and Bleacher Nation
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Colorado Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela agrees to five-year, $50.5 million extension  —  Right-hander Antonio Senzatela and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a five-year, $50.5 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, tying the right-handed control artist to the organization through at least 2026.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Record-breaking umpire Joe West to retire after postseason  —  Umpire Joe West has officially informed Major League Baseball he will retire after the postseason.  —  West, 68, broke the record for most games umpired, held by Bill Klem, when he was behind the plate for No. 5,376 in May.
Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
Bobby Witt Jr.: 2021 Minor League Player Of The Year  —  When Royals director of hitting performance Alec Zumwalt first saw Bobby Witt Jr. in person, what stood out to him immediately was his personality.  —  Whether Witt was in the lineup or slotted in at DH or taking a day off, he was always smiling.
 
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