Report: Phillies to make Mattingly full-time manager
The Philadelphia Phillies are expected to make Don Mattingly their full-time manager this week, according to Matt Gelb and Charlotte Varnes of The Athletic.
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The Philadelphia Phillies are expected to make Don Mattingly their full-time manager this week, according to Matt Gelb and Charlotte Varnes of The Athletic.
The No. 1 payroll in baseball -- and three others that barely add up to L.A.'s combined -- are left standing this October.
Guardians star Jose Ramirez expressed regret for a pair of costly fourth-inning miscues that led to three unearned runs for the Rays, who evened the series with a 3-1 win in Game 2.
Freddy Peralta threw six innings of four-hit ball, Liam Hicks lined a two-run single after a fielding error by José Ramírez and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 Tuesday night to even the AL Championship Series at 1-1.
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters on Tuesday that struggling superstar Shohei Ohtani will be in the lineup for Game 3 of the NLCS Wednesday vs. the Milwaukee Brewers, and that he had a "great conversation" with the two-time NL MVP.
The Seattle Mariners have received permission to interview current Houston Astros manager Joe Espada about their vacancy, a source confirmed to ESPN.
Second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is one of the bigger bats available in free agency this winter and the Toronto Blue Jays could be among his suitors, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.
Getting to the Los Angeles bullpen in the later innings, the Milwaukee Brewers posted 12 hits, including 10 singles, in Game 2 on Monday, scoring four runs in the final four frames en route to a 7-4 win over the Dodgers to take a 2-0 series lead.
For six innings, the Tampa Bay Rays were in complete control again. Then they unraveled in a hurry.
Milwaukee came in believing its NLCS rematch with L.A. would be different. Now the rest of the world believes it, too.
The Dodgers will gauge whether Shohei Ohtani's lingering injuries warrant him sitting out but will keep playing him if he deems himself healthy, a source said.
William Contreras’ trots around the bases after his homers are as much of a spectacle as the blasts themselves.
Nathaniel Lowe hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth inning, Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey hit solo homers off Drew Rasmussen, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night.
William Contreras hit a tying homer in the fifth and singled home the go-ahead run an inning later as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 on Monday in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
The Guardians announced Monday that Tampa Bay area native Parker Messick will start Game 2 of the ALCS on Tuesday.
The Cleveland Guardians head into the ALCS after a whirlwind Game 5 and flight to St. Petersburg, while the Tampa Bay Rays will start the series coming off four days of rest. "It's an age-old debate, rest versus rust," said Rays pitcher Griffin Jax.
The Tampa Bay Rays added rookie right-hander Brody Hopkins to their AL Championship Series roster and dropped lefty Garrett Cleavinger while the Cleveland Guardians added right-hander Slade Cecconi.
Batters have been more successful on robot umpire challenges in the playoffs than during the regular season, and teams are utilizing the Automated Ball-Strike System more overall in its postseason debut.
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Shane McClanahan will not pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays in the postseason. Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday the left-hander will not be added to the AL Championship Series roster after pitching 118 innings this year in his return following a two-year absence.
Brice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal and Milwaukee’s bullpen shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jacob Misiorowski’s taxing outing, sending the Brewers to a 2-1 victory in the NL Championship Series opener on Sunday night.
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