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Todd Zola, FantasyOct 4, 2024, 08:38 AM ET Close Writing on fantasy baseball game theory and player analysis since 1997 Winner of the 2013 Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association Best Baseball Article Open Extended Reactions The 2024 MLB division series round is here, with four best-of-five showdowns ready to get going. In each series, Games 1,2

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 4, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Inside Bryce Harper‘s basement on a recent Saturday morning, his son wanted dad to watch his Hot Wheels races, and his daughter was hungry

Oct 3, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After the other three MLB wild-card series ended in sweeps, all eyes are on Milwaukee, where the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers will meet in a Game 3 showdown on Thursday night. The winner gets a National League Division Series date with the Philadelphia Phillies

ESPN News Services Oct 3, 2024, 07:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for. New York hasn’t even reached the World Series since the 27th championship in 2009, a drought that is the pinstripes’ longest since the gap between 1978

Oct 2, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a day of MLB postseason openers dominated by the visitors — with three of the four away teams winning — the home teams will try to get even on Wednesday. The must-win action in the best-of-three wild-card round starts with the Houston Astros trying to

Associated Press Oct 2, 2024, 11:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Kyle Higashioka‘s solo homer started a five-run rally against Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 2 of their NL Wild

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Andy Ibanez hit a tiebreaking three-run double in Detroit’s four-run eighth inning, and the Tigers swept the Houston Astros with a 5-2 victory in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series on Wednesday. Parker Meadows homered as Detroit ended Houston’s

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 11:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0

Oct 1, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s MLB playoff time! After a bonus Monday of action to decide the final two National League postseason spots, eight teams were in action Tuesday as the 2024 MLB playoffs began with the best-of-three wild-card round. The Game 1 action started with the Detroit Tigers defeating

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday. The Tigers, swept in

Oct 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a Monday of playoff-impacting baseball, the 2024 MLB playoffs kick off on Tuesday afternoon, with 12 teams hoping to raise this year’s World Series trophy. The Dodgers — who enter October with MLB’s best record — look to cement their dynasty of recent years with

Sep 30, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 MLB playoffs are here! Starting with this week’s wild-card series (beginning Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC), it’s sure to be another thrilling October of postseason baseball. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know, from the first pitch of the

Kiley McDaniel, ESPN MLB InsiderSep 30, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Francisco Lindor belted a two-run home run in the ninth inning as the New York

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Yes, we have one more day of regular-season baseball to be played. Sunday’s results failed to settle the National League wild-card race, so the New York

ESPN News Services Sep 29, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani came up short in his bid to become the first National League player to win the Triple Crown since 1937. Ohtani, who led the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs this season, was trying to chase

ESPN News Services Sep 29, 2024, 03:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rocco Baldelli will return next year as manager of the Minnesota Twins despite a late-season collapse that left the defending American League Central champions out of the playoffs. President of baseball operations Derek Falvey confirmed Sunday before the team’s last game that Baldelli’s

Sep 29, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Twins players backed manager Rocco Baldelli on Saturday after weeks of fans chanting for his firing amid the team’s late-season collapse. The Twins, who had a five-game cushion in the American League wild-card race in mid-August, were eliminated from postseason contention with Friday’s loss to

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 01:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arráez and become the National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2