Brewers eliminate Padres with 3-1 win in Game 4, advance to NLCS rematch with Dodgers  —  SAN DIEGO — Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning before making a pivotal catch on Manny Machado's drive to the wall in the eighth, and the Milwaukee Brewers advanced …

It's Never Going to Happen With Aaron Boone … The New York Yankees will never win a World Series with Aaron Boone as their manager.  We know this as a fact, a truism on par with the sky being blue and the sun rising each morning and the worst people on earth rushing to the aisle immediately after an airplane lands.

Rangers' 5 biggest offseason questions  —  This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry's Rangers Beat newsletter.  To read the full newsletter, click here.  And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.  —  ARLINGTON — Unlike last October, the Rangers enter this offseason …

Weddings in.  Holiday cards out.  Internal MLB memo sets rules for lockout  —  While Major League Baseball publicly celebrates its postseason this month, the league's central office is internally laying out exactly what the looming lockout will look like, including a plan to once again scrub player images …

Red Sox' Garrett Whitlock unknowingly pitched through major injury this season  —  Whitlock is in a boot for up to six weeks, but will not require surgery.  —  Garrett Whitlock's career year including unknowingly pitching on a fractured right tibia that was not properly diagnosed until …

MLB proposes shorter regular season, best-of-7 division series  —  Major League Baseball has proposed shortening its regular season to 154 games starting in 2029 and expanding the division series to a best-of-seven format.  —  The proposals came Thursday as part of negotiations …

Phillies' Sam Fuld, Cubs' Jared Banner among candidates for A's top executive job  —  As the Athletics establish Las Vegas as their new headquarters, the search for their next top executive includes Philadelphia Phillies president of business operations Sam Fuld and Chicago Cubs assistant …

Fan interference denies Anthony Volpe a tying homer for Yankees against Rays in Game 3 of ALDS  —  NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe was denied a tying home run for the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays when umpires ruled a fan interfered with his drive to deep left field Wednesday night.

Mets' Carson Benge played his way into a legitimate Rookie of the Year candidate  —  Carson Benge suffers from no false modesty.  He doesn't downplay his ambition or fear of not achieving his goal - even when professional prognosticators say the odds aren't in his favor.  —  Especially then.

Phillies' manager search might land on Don Mattingly after Alex Cora opts to sit out 2027: Sources  —  As the Philadelphia Phillies continued to assess the wreckage from last week's postseason exit, league sources said their initial managerial search started with one person: Alex Cora.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. doesn't understand why Yankees fans booed him.  But he wants to return  —  NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't understand.  The New York Yankees second baseman's pinch-hit attempt to lead off the seventh inning ended in a popout to first base.

‘October Kiké’ remains a constant in Dodgers' chase for three-peat  —  LOS ANGELES — What do Jim Thome, David Ortiz, Aaron Judge and Kiké Hernández have in common?  —  They have all hit exactly 17 postseason home runs.  —  One of those four names is not quite like the others.

Star closer Mason Miller goes on paternity list before Padres face Brewers in Game 3 of NLDS  —  SAN DIEGO — Padres closer Mason Miller went on the postseason paternity list Tuesday night with San Diego facing elimination in the NL Division Series.  —  The intimidating All-Star reliever …

Major League Baseball Piloting Experimental Outfield Positioning Rules in Arizona Fall League  —  Major League Baseball is once again using the Arizona Fall League as a laboratory for potential rule changes at the major league level.  In the past, the AFL has been a proving ground …

Orioles laying off members of business operations  —  Join the dugout.  Sign up here for Orioles updates in your inbox.  —  The Orioles are laying off multiple people from business-side departments, sources told The Baltimore Banner.  —  The exact number of employees affected wasn't immediately clear …