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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.
How homegrown is each team? What were their signature moves? We break down each club's roster blueprints.
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.
After winning the first two games of their best-of-five AL Division Series against Cleveland, Chicago struck out 21 times and managed just three hits in a 2-0 defeat Saturday night that advanced the Guardians to an AL Championship Series matchup against Tampa Bay.
The All-Star third baseman helped propel Cleveland into its third AL Championship Series since 2016 with an improbable two-run homer in the fourth inning of the Guardians’ 2-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox in Game 5 of thei4 AL Division Series.
Gavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramírez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Saturday night to complete a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in their best-of-five AL Division Series.
The 2026 NL Championship Series is a sequel, with Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers taking on Jackson Chourio and the Brewers.
Sam Fuld declined an offer to be the A's president of baseball operations, sources told ESPN, with Red Sox assistant GM Taylor Smith remaining a top candidate.
Starters and relievers? Not on the South Side. The unorthodox strategy that has carried the White Sox this far now faces its biggest test yet.
After coming out of the bullpen Thursday night to get the final three outs, Gavin Williams will start for the Cleveland Guardians in Saturday night’s winner-take-all Game 5 of their AL Division Series against Sean Burke and the Chicago White Sox.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will start Tarik Skubal against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
The Tampa Bay Rays showed they can play any brand of baseball during a sweep of the New York Yankees.
Shohei Ohtani is scuffling at the plate, and so far the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is coming up mostly empty in the postseason.
Garrett Mitchell spent his first four major league seasons fighting through injuries, including a shoulder issue that prevented him from joining the Milwaukee Brewers’ playoff run last year.
Will the last holdout in Wrigleyville be able to stand up to the Chicago Cubs?
The Brewers' 22-year-old star is having a record-setting October already. We put his young postseason career into context compared to baseball's greats.
José Ramírez homered and drove in three runs, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Thursday night to send their AL Division Series to a winner-take-all Game 5.
Belting out “Theme from New York, New York” as they locked arms in the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, the Tampa Bay Rays reveled with satisfaction after sweeping baseball’s most storied team.
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