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Keegan Matheson / MLB.com:
Rays slip past Guards in Game 4 to knot up ALCS  —  CLEVELAND — Back and forth goes the ALCS, which is now a best-of-three series after the Rays tied it up with a 7-3 win Saturday night at Progressive Field.  —  After Friday's rainout pushed Game 4 back a day, the Rays had an extra 24 hours …
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Jason Lloyd / The Athletic:
MLB saw the rain coming and gave us an unnecessary night of nonsense anyway  —  CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball knew it would rain here Friday night.  Knew it Thursday morning.  Noah would've looked at the radar and started cutting lumber.  —  Instead, baseball officials met …
Discussion: Covering the Corner
Jorge Castillo / ESPN:
Rain postpones Game 4 of ALCS to Saturday; Rays, Guardians to play Game 5 on Sunday  —  CLEVELAND — Game 4 of the American League Championship Series was postponed late Friday night due to rain, creating an unusual set of circumstances for the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays as the Milwaukee Brewers await in the World Series.
AJ Cassavell / MLB.com:
Brewers end Dodgers' three-peat bid with an NLCS sweep of their own  —  LOS ANGELES — A step shy of the left-center-field warning track, Jackson Chourio landed with the pennant-clinching final out tucked safely in his outstretched glove.  He couldn't help himself.  He broke into an ear-to-ear smile, and just kept running.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
How Dodgers' three-peat hopes ended with NLCS loss to Brewers  —  LOS ANGELES — Enduring regret often lingers from postseason defeat, those nagging thoughts of what could have been, what should have been, what might have been.  The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays are haunted by such memories from last fall's World Series.
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees' outfield road map largely centers on Spencer Jones — and the questions that surround him  —  The Yankees' outfield road map largely centers on one key piece — and the questions that surround him  —  The Eagles are ‘in shambles’ — and their fans see little reason for hope
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AJ Eustace / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Have Shown Past Interest In Jacob Young  —  The Yankees have shown past interest in Nationals center fielder Jacob Young, writes Joel Sherman of The New York Post.  It's unclear whether the two sides engaged in formal talks or if it was just due diligence on the Yankees' part …
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Sam Dykstra / MLB.com:
The real McCoy: Padres prospect rockets 118.2 mph homer in Fall League  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Alex McCoy has brought the thunder to the Valley of the Sun.  —  The Padres' No. 26 prospect connected on a 118.2 mph, 435-foot homer in the fourth inning of Peoria's 8-5 loss to Scottsdale at the Peoria Sports Complex on Thursday.
Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Sid Lowe / The Guardian:
‘I suffer a lot’: Villarreal owner Fernando Roig on not enjoying games and the prospect of Liverpool  —  It will be a tense time for Europe's longest serving president, despite the Champions League game at Anfield offering a symbol of how far they have come  —  The first time Fernando Roig …
Discussion: The Empire of The Kop
Matt Gelb / The Athletic:
As compelling offseason begins, Dave Dombrowski knows Phillies must be different.  Can they?  —  PHILADELPHIA — This was an important conversation, so Trea Turner flew from his home near West Palm Beach, Fla., to meet Dave Dombrowski in the basement of Citizens Bank Park earlier this week.
Courtney Hollmon / MLB.com:
After 13 seasons, 2-time World Series champ Rojas calls it a career  —  LOS ANGELES — When Miguel Rojas spoke to reporters Thursday night following the Dodgers' season-ending loss, he was still in full uniform, right down to his cleats.  —  He was in no hurry to untie them.
Baseball-Reference.com:
2026 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics  —  Record: 79-83, 5th place in AL_East (Schedule and Results)  —  President: Mark Shapiro (President & CEO)  —  Ballpark: Rogers Centre Attendance: 3,338,878 (1st of 15)  —  (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)  —  Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Only Expected To Issue Qualifying Offer To David Bednar  —  The Yankees are leaning toward issuing a qualifying offer to closer David Bednar, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post.  Heyman writes that the Yanks are less likely to issue the QO to Jazz Chisholm Jr. and are inclined to let him walk as a free agent.
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