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9:15 PM ET, October 29, 2026

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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Top 40 Trade Candidates Of The 2026-27 MLB Offseason  —  The celebration is on in Milwaukee and the offseason has arrived!  Free agency won't officially open for five days, as teams have until then to resolve any option decisions and have an exclusive negotiating window with their own free agents.
Discussion: New York Post and Yahoo Sports
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Jim Bowden / The Athletic:
Top 40 MLB free agents for 2026-27: Contract predictions, team fits for Skubal, Peralta, more  —  MLB free-agent season is just around the corner and it's time for my annual ranking of the top free agents, with contract predictions and the best team fits for each player.
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Way-Too-Early 2027 MLB Power Rankings: Who's No. 1?  —  Congrats to the Milwaukee Brewers for a dominant postseason run and the first World Series title in franchise history.  There was absolutely no doubt they were the best team of 2026.  It is a well-deserved championship for a team that played an electrifying brand of baseball.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and The Athletic
Yahoo Sports:
What to know about the Royals and the 2026-27 MLB offseason: Free agents, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration deadlines  —  Congrats to the Milwaukee Brewers on winning their first championship!  The offseason is officially upon us, and brother, the Royals have some work to do.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Schlittler seems a lock for Cy, but other Yankees could bring home awards, too
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
'We've got one more day': Rays walk it off to force Game 5  —  ST. PETERSBURG — For once, the ball bounced their way.  —  It bounced through the right-hand side.  Into the outfield.  Into the safety of artificial turf and fair terrain.  And perhaps, if these Tampa Bay Rays can somehow build off …
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Andy McCullough / The Athletic:
Win tonight.  Win it all.  How the Brewers built their first World Series champion  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pat Murphy sifted his feet through piles of blue, gold and silver confetti.  The scoreboard behind him at Tropicana Field displayed the logo of the Milwaukee Brewers and three words …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
How Rays extended World Series in incredible Game 4 comeback  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — A long hibernation is coming to Major League Baseball, a winter of discontent, and so what happened here Tuesday night was deeply appreciated, a reminder of the game's unending ability to make us feel something.
Will Sammon / The Athletic:
Bo Bichette to exercise $42 million player option to stay with Mets: Sources  —  Bo Bichette is exercising his $42 million player option to stay with the New York Mets, league sources said Thursday, giving the Mets' lineup continuity as another pivotal offseason for the expensive yet underachieving club gets underway.
Scott Lauber / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Garrett Stubbs will be designated for assignment by the Phillies  —  Garrett Stubbs' run with the Phillies is over.  —  A popular backup catcher and one of the most dynamic personalities during the Phillies' five-year run as a postseason team, Stubbs learned Thursday he will be designated for assignment.
Matt Ehalt / New York Post:
Jorge Posada feels unwelcome around Yankees in shocking reveal: 'I don't think they want me there'  —  A “Core Four” Yankee no longer feels welcome in The Bronx.  —  Jorge Posada told The Post's Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman in the latest episode of “The Show” podcast that he believes the Yankees …
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ESPN:
Jorge Posada doesn't feel welcome with Yankees: 'Don't think they want me there'
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and New York Post
MLB.com:
MLB Gameday: Brewers 4, Rays 1 Final Score (10/28/2026)  —  Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Brewers vs. Rays at Tropicana Field
Eno Sarris / The Athletic:
Jacob Misiorowski has a chance to clinch a Brewers title, but is something amiss?  —  For most pitchers, the fastball is at the center of everything.  For Jacob Misiorowski, owner of the biggest fastball in baseball, that might not be the case.  The slider might actually be the heart of his arsenal.
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