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J-Ram says wrist pain is 'no excuse' as he seeks signature playoff moment https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-ramirez-struggling-for-guardians-2026-alds CHICAGO -- The level of popularity surrounding José Ramírez as one of Cleveland’s favorite sons is unmatched, save for maybe LeBron James, Bernie Kosar and Superman.
Yet here we are, two games into the ALDS, and outside of a couple of walks, Ramírez has been quiet for the Guardians, who #MLB

Espino's incredible journey to Majors has him as must-win Game 3 starter https://www.mlb.com/news/daniel-espino-to-start-game-3-for-guardians-in-alds CHICAGO -- There were points in recent years when Daniel Espino wished he could merely throw a baseball, a simple joy that was stripped from him while he was sidelined for the bulk of four seasons due to a pair of right shoulder surgeries.
On Wednesday, the rookie right-hander will #MLB

Newcomb gets Game 3 start as White Sox aim to ride unconventional pitching to ALDS clinch https://www.mlb.com/news/sean-newcomb-white-sox-game-3-starter-2026-alds CHICAGO -- While the White Sox pitching plans have been far from conventional this postseason, they have worked to perfection so far and there’s been no reason to deviate from them. #MLB

How Murakami, Venable have been the perfect leaders for the White Sox https://www.mlb.com/news/munetaka-murakami-will-venable-relationship-key-to-2026-white-sox-success CHICAGO -- Will Venable was enjoying a holiday vacation with his family in New York on Dec. 20, but when you are the manager of an up-and-coming team such as the White Sox, the grind never stops. #MLB

Dodgers' HR barrage continues with October Kiké's return, Freddie avenging robbery https://www.mlb.com/news/enrique-hernandez-freddie-freeman-homer-off-chris-sale-in-nlds-game-3 ATLANTA -- After three scoreless innings of tight pitching at Truist Park, the Dodgers broke NLDS Game 3 open with a pair of fourth-inning home runs against Braves ace Chris Sale. #MLB

Denied by Dubón! LF robs ex-Brave Freeman (before Freddie gets his revenge) https://www.mlb.com/news/mauricio-dubon-robs-freddie-freeman-nlds-game-3 ATLANTA -- Chris Sale didn't need a whole lot of help through two innings on Tuesday night -- but when he finally did, Mauricio Dubón was there.
After Sale recorded each of his first six outs via strikeout in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Dodgers, Dubón notched the #MLB

Here is MLB Pipeline's 2026 All-Rookie Team https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-mlb-all-rookie-team Rookies -- and big names at that -- made their impacts felt in 2026. Eighteen of the first 25 players ranked on MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 100 Prospects list appeared in the big leagues, and many of them had seasons worthy of hardware.
There were eye-catching debuts, massive extensions, All-Star #MLB

How did Chicago's pregame dugout dance ritual begin? https://www.mlb.com/news/how-the-white-sox-pregame-dugout-dance-tradition-started CHICAGO -- There’s no team in baseball having more fun right now than the White Sox.
Despite losing at least 100 games in three straight seasons, the White Sox have reeled off four straight postseason victories and are one win away from eliminating the Guardians in the American League Division #MLB

5 reasons to believe Yankees can pull off ALDS comeback https://www.mlb.com/news/reasons-yankees-can-overcome-2-0-alds-deficit NEW YORK – It’s two games. After six months of being one of baseball's best teams, not to mention two Wild Card Series wins, the Yankees haven’t looked like themselves in the American League Division Series.
For two games. #MLB

Tooled-up O's prospect Honeycutt using Arizona Fall League as proving ground https://www.mlb.com/news/vance-honeycutt-using-arizona-fall-league-as-proving-ground SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It often takes longer than a couple years for a Draft class to make its impact felt at the Major League level, but the draftees chosen at the top in 2024 were no ordinary group. #MLB

Acuña (right knee) limited to DH duties in NLDS Game 3 https://www.mlb.com/news/ronald-acuna-jr-right-knee-dh-braves-game-3-2026-nlds ATLANTA -- Ronald Acuña Jr.'s sore right knee led the Braves to limit him to designated hitter duties for Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday night at Truist Park. #MLB

Brooklyn native Palacios motivated to continue personal Yankees dominance on cusp of ALCS https://www.mlb.com/news/richie-palacios-new-york-inspired-by-knicks-rays-2026-alds NEW YORK -- No one in baseball may have been happier than Rays second baseman Richie Palacios when the Knicks won the NBA Finals in June. #MLB

Yankees turn to Fried to save season when ALDS resumes in Bronx https://www.mlb.com/news/max-fried-yankees-starter-against-rays-in-game-3-2026-alds ST. PETERSBURG – When Max Fried first toured Yankee Stadium as a free agent, three words stood out: “Prepare, compete, win.”
They were printed on a wall of the weight room, beyond the kettlebells and medicine balls, and they stuck in the left-hander’s mind as a clear shorthand of the #MLB

Booser's journey from 'very dark days' battling addiction to getting huge postseason outs https://www.mlb.com/news/cam-booser-baseball-journey-rays-2026-alds NEW YORK -- Cam Booser stood on the mound at Tropicana Field on Monday night with Game 2 of the American League Division Series hanging in the balance. #MLB

Down 0-2, Yanks have seen this script before and flipped it https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-0-2-hole-postseason-history There is more history with the Yankees than anybody else in baseball, and in sports. So at a time like this, Yankees fans look to October history that works for them, and not against them, as they look for their team to flip the script against a Rays team that #MLB

Facing Sale in key Game 3, Dodgers drop Ohtani to 5th in lineup https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-drops-to-fifth-in-lineup-for-nlds-game-3 ATLANTA -- Shohei Ohtani dropped to fifth in the order, one of several lineup tweaks as the Dodgers gear up to face left-hander Chris Sale and the Braves in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Tuesday night at Truist Park with the series tied at 1.
The last #MLB

White Sox assemble: How '26 South Siders came together so quickly https://www.mlb.com/news/how-2026-white-sox-were-put-together-after-losing-seasons CHICAGO -- Guardians players were bracing themselves. They’re walking into a buzzsaw of booing Wednesday at Rate Field, where Game 3 of the American League Division Series will be the first postseason home game after three straight 100-plus-loss seasons for the White Sox, who are up 2-0 in this best-of-five. #MLB

Rays to open new ballpark and District Experience Center in early 2027 https://www.mlb.com/news/rays-new-ballpark-district-experience-center-opening-early-2027 Following last month’s approval of the new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark financing by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners and Tampa City Council, the Rays today took another step toward bringing the project to life with the announcement of the Rays Ballpark Experience Center opening in early 2027. #MLB

Longtime GM Fred Claire -- who coined Dodger Blue -- passes away https://www.mlb.com/news/fred-claire-dies-at-91 Fred Claire, a respected former MLB executive who served as general manager of the 1988 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, passed away Monday. He was 91 years old.
In a long tenure across multiple roles with the Dodgers, Claire was not only instrumental in building the 1988 championship team #MLB

Sam McDowell, six-time All-Star with Cleveland, passes away https://www.mlb.com/news/sam-mcdowell-dies-at-84 The Cleveland Guardians are saddened to announce the death of Sam McDowell who passed away on Monday. He was 84 years old.
“The Cleveland Guardians family is deeply saddened by the loss of one of the great pitchers in baseball history, Sam McDowell. Sam spent eleven of his fifteen seasons #MLB

Yamamoto, Sale in rare postseason company ahead of NLDS Game 3 matchup https://www.mlb.com/news/yoshinobu-yamamoto-chris-sale-nlds-game-3 October is a time for baseball’s biggest stars to shine the brightest. In Tuesday’s NLDS Game 3 between the Braves and Dodgers in Atlanta, we’ll be spoiled with what is arguably the best pitching matchup thus far in the 2026 postseason.
Reigning World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto will toe the #MLB

Lights out: Burke sets down 13 straight to aid Game 2 comeback https://www.mlb.com/news/sean-burke-s-dominant-outing-aids-white-sox-win-in-game-2-of-alds CLEVELAND -- Even though things didn’t exactly go to plan for the White Sox early on Monday night, right-hander Sean Burke more than made up for it with a dominant showing in a bulk relief role. #MLB

Less than 2 years later, Crochet trade return trio paying huge dividends for Chicago https://www.mlb.com/news/braden-montgomery-kyle-teel-chase-meidroth-white-sox-game-2-2026-alds CLEVELAND -- Dec. 11, 2024: Chicago White Sox traded LHP Garrett Crochet to Boston Red Sox for the starting catcher, second baseman and right fielder on a team that will be on the doorstep of the ALCS in 663 days.
If only the transaction wire warned us, huh? #MLB

What's behind Ohtani's NLDS struggles? It's complicated ... https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-off-to-slow-start-in-2026-nlds ATLANTA -- Over the past month and change, the Dodgers have only had small samples to evaluate Shohei Ohtani's performance at the plate. But at this time of year, everything is magnified -- and what they've seen from Ohtani through the first two NL Division Series games has not inspired #MLB

After rough 2nd half, May eager for 'blank slate' in NLDS Game 3 start https://www.mlb.com/news/dustin-may-on-starting-first-postseason-game-for-brewers SAN DIEGO — Every Major League pitcher endures a stretch of struggles at some point. Not every pitcher goes through that with a totally new cast of supporting characters around him.
That's been the challenge for Brewers starting pitcher and Trade Deadline pickup Dustin May, who has a chance to #MLB

With historic World Series performance in mind, Yamamoto begins 2026 postseason campaign https://www.mlb.com/news/yoshinobu-yamamoto-starts-game-3-of-2026-nlds-vs-braves ATLANTA -- On a pitching staff populated with aces, including a pair of two-time Cy Young Award winners, Yoshinobu Yamamoto stands out for his poise under pressure.
When the Dodgers open Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Truist Park on Tuesday, all eyes will turn to the #MLB

Knee feeling better, suddenly hot Freeman off to scorching start in NLDS https://www.mlb.com/news/freddie-freeman-warming-up-for-dodgers-in-nlds ATLANTA -- With the Dodgers playing under the lights on Thursday night, Freddie Freeman found the gap in right-center and hustled for two bases, sliding safely into second. It was merely an intrasquad scrimmage to end L.A.'s bye week before the NL Division Series, but it had been nearly a #MLB

Rays get jump as Yankees tie dubious mark with 3-error first https://www.mlb.com/news/rays-capitalize-as-yankees-commit-3-errors-in-first-in-2026-alds-game-2 ST. PETERSBURG -- Game 2 of the American League Division Series is effectively a must-win game for the Yankees. So they picked a bad time to play arguably their worst defensive inning of the season -- and the Rays pounced.
The Yankees committed three errors and had another misplay in #MLB

Another playoff roof ball?! Rays record out after Jones' fly dings Trop catwalk https://www.mlb.com/news/victor-mesa-jr-catches-fly-ball-tropicana-field-roof-alds-game-2 ST. PETERSBURG -- From the viewpoint of many fans, certainly those watching on TV, the ball seemed like it might never come down. For Rays outfielder Victor Mesa Jr., it was just part of the job. #MLB

Seven hits, three runs, no ALDS answers: Guardians pushed to the brink https://www.mlb.com/news/guardians-offense-alds-game-2-white-sox-2026 CLEVELAND -- This is not how it was supposed to go for the Guardians this season. This was supposed to be different.
Yet here we are: The Guardians’ offense has been all but silenced in the postseason, and Cleveland’s season is now on the brink. #MLB

Clutch hitting, brilliant relief in Game 2 have White Sox on cusp of ALCS https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-win-alds-game-2-2026 CLEVELAND -- Where were you in 1906?
Since anyone born in that magical time would be a robust 120 at this point, clearly nobody was around. But it was that year, on Oct. 14, to be exact, when the White Sox toppled the Cubs at South Side Park to win #MLB

Down 0-2 in NLDS, Padres confident they have what it takes to come back https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-confident-in-ability-to-come-back-in-nlds SAN DIEGO -- The Padres don’t have to achieve the impossible. Only the unlikely.
Trailing two games to none to Milwaukee in the National League Division Series, they’re being counted out by many. Among those doubters: Hall of Famer and FS1 analyst David Ortiz (who would know a thing or #MLB

Heat check: Williams makes history with 11-K fireballing show https://www.mlb.com/news/gavin-williams-11-strikeouts-100-mph-alds-2026 CLEVELAND -- The curveball from Gavin Williams produced an awkward half swing from Kyle Teel in the fifth inning Monday night. As third-base umpire Vic Carapazza ruled Teel went too far, Williams spun around and let out a roar in tune with the sellout crowd at Progressive Field.
When Williams #MLB

Ochoa's comeback story continues in the Fall League https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-arizona-fall-league-overview-2026 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After struggling in his first three pro seasons, Nehomar Ochoa Jr. finally got going this year. He batted .287/.349/.500 with 11 homers and 29 steals in 64 games between two Class A levels at age 20, showing why the Astros paid him $300,000 (double slot value) as #MLB

Dodgers rookie phenom is related to ... Stephon Marbury? https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-josue-de-paula-stephon-marbury-cousins Top Dodgers prospect Josue De Paula was called up in September and exploded onto the scene.
He slashed a ridiculous .323/.500/.581 with seven runs and seven RBIs in 11 regular-season games. He hit a momentous home run in Miami. He had more than double as many walks as he had #MLB

Bobby Fontaine Jr., scout of several Hall of Famers, dies at 73 https://www.mlb.com/news/longtime-baseball-scout-bobby-fontaine-jr-dies Bobby Fontaine Jr., a longtime baseball executive, scout and scouting director who spent 48 years in the industry, died on Friday, the Angels announced. He was 73.
Fontaine, the son of former Padres general manager Bob Fontaine Sr., worked for several clubs, getting his start with the Padres as a #MLB

MLB announces 2026 Finalists for Hank Aaron Award https://www.mlb.com/news/hank-aaron-award-finalists-for-2026 Major League Baseball on Monday announced finalists for the 2026 Hank Aaron Award, an honor that recognizes the most outstanding regular season offensive performer in each League. At last year’s All-Star Game in Atlanta, MLB celebrated the 51st anniversary of Hank Aaron’s historic 715th record-breaking home run with a special #MLB

Dodgers, Roberts bar Pages from using ABS challenges after NLDS Game 1 miss https://www.mlb.com/news/andy-pages-barred-from-using-abs-challenges Dodgers hitters in the 2026 regular season rated as fine or even good in most measures of the ABS challenge system. They were 10th in overturns vs. expected (8.4), tied for eighth in success rate (51%) and tied for 13th in runs vs. expected (0.1). Those numbers came as the #MLB

Does Díaz's high-velocity perfect inning trumpet a return to form? https://www.mlb.com/news/edwin-diaz-throws-clean-inning-in-nlds-game-2-vs-braves LOS ANGELES -- When the familiar blare of Timmy Trumpet’s "Narco" echoed through Dodger Stadium on Sunday evening, it didn't signal the ninth inning. Instead, Edwin Díaz trotted out from the bullpen in the top of the sixth with Los Angeles trailing by a run in Game 2 of the #MLB

Harris flirts with cycle in October breakout for hometown Braves https://www.mlb.com/news/michael-harris-ii-has-three-hits-in-braves-nlds-game-2-win LOS ANGELES -- Michael Harris II watched the Braves’ 2021 World Series run from the stands at Truist Park, cheering on his future teammates as a fan.
Five years later, Harris put them on his back in the Braves’ 3-2 win in Sunday’s Game 2 of the now-tied National League #MLB

Burning questions for each ALDS team ahead of Game 2 https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-alds-game-2-storylines-what-to-watch-for The National League Division Series has a travel day on Monday, which puts the spotlight on the American League side, with two critical Game 2s. Can the White Sox and the Rays grab a stranglehold on these series? Or will the Guardians and Yankees knot things up?
Here is one #MLB

Braves' pitching plan pays off, postseason Freddie and more NLDS Game 2 takeaways https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-dodgers-nlds-game-2-takeaways LOS ANGELES -- Just like that, we've got ourselves a series.
The Braves pieced their way to a crucial 3-2 victory over the Dodgers in Game 2 on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium to even the National League Division Series at a game apiece. #MLB

Snell's rust shows in short G2 start and LA's 'pen can't hold off Braves https://www.mlb.com/news/blake-snell-rusty-in-dodgers-nlds-game-2-loss LOS ANGELES -- On paper, the Dodgers had a clear advantage over the Braves in the first two games of the NL Division Series, sending a pair of two-time Cy Young Award winners to the mound while Atlanta was forced to run back-to-back bullpen games.​ #MLB

Braves follow manager's pitch-perfect plan to even series with Dodgers https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-win-nlds-game-2-2026 LOS ANGELES -- While explaining why he opted to give a fatigued Chris Sale a couple extra days of rest, Braves manager Walt Weiss said, “We know our club very well.”
When the Braves silenced their doubters a few hours later with a 3-2 win over the Dodgers on Sunday #MLB

Chourio's heroics, Miller's troubles highlight takeaways from riveting NLDS Game 2 https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-brewers-nlds-game-2-takeaways MILWAUKEE -- Two tight games in the National League Division Series have the Brewers on the cusp of advancing and the Padres hoping to somehow, some way, hang on to avoid elimination. #MLB

Fun facts and stats from the roller-coaster Game 2 in Padres-Brewers NLDS https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-brewers-nlds-game-2-fun-facts-and-stats Courtesy of a 4-3 victory in Game 2 on Sunday afternoon, the Brewers will head to San Diego holding a 2-0 lead over the Padres in the National League Division Series. #MLB

Padres' inability to add on late bites them in heartbreaking NLDS Game 2 defeat https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-offense-squanders-late-game-opportunities-in-nlds-game-2-loss MILWAUKEE -- There is a win probability chart that illustrates the roller coaster of each Major League game -- the ups, the downs, the rallies and the comebacks that fall short. #MLB

They don't ask how: Milwaukee overcomes uncharacteristic mistakes to steal Game 2 https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-win-nlds-game-2-despite-uncharacteristic-mistakes MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers spent much of Sunday doing things they usually don’t.
They walked hitters. They threw a wild pitch. They committed three errors, turning routine opportunities to get off the field into more work against a dangerous Padres lineup. #MLB

You've already seen his glove, but this player's bat may be key to Guards' rally https://www.mlb.com/news/angel-martinez-could-be-x-factor-for-guardians-in-alds CLEVELAND -- With a better showing offensively by the Guardians in Game 1 of the AL Division Series on Saturday, we may have recounted the double play Angel Martínez started in the sixth inning with a leaping catch in left field in a different light.
Cleveland getting shut out in #MLB

Game 1 bang-bang play illuminates White Sox aggressive strategy on bases https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-to-stay-aggressive-on-basepaths-in-postseason CLEVELAND – When Kyle Teel slid across home plate with the White Sox third run in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 3-0 victory over the Guardians, third-base coach Justin Jirschele paused for a split second and then pumped his fist in excitement.
That celebratory move could have just as easily #MLB