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Rays, Rangers face off in AL Wild Card Series after looking at points like best teams in baseball
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers both looked like they might be the best teams in baseball for significant stretches of a long season in which they now find themselves facing each other in an AL Wild Card Series. The Rays got off to a historic 13-0...
Pablo López and the Twins aim to stop playoff skid when they host the Blue Jays in Wild Card Series
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pablo López is a newcomer to the Minnesota Twins who was just an 8-year-old in Venezuela when this record postseason losing streak began. He's heard all about it, and he's eager to help make it disappear. “I feel like, just like anything in...
Phil Nevin won't return as Angels' manager after 2nd losing season
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Phil Nevin will not return as the Los Angeles Angels' manager next season. The Angels announced Monday that they are declining their contract option for 2024 on Nevin, who ran the dugout for the last 1 1/2 seasons. Los Angeles will have its fourth manager in...
Woodruff's shoulder injury leaves Brewers down a starter against Diamondbacks in Wild Card Series
One of Milwaukee's biggest strengths just got a little weaker on the eve of the postseason. Right-hander Brandon Woodruff, slated as a potential Game 3 starter, will miss the NL Wild Card Series with a shoulder injury, leaving the Brewers without one of the top arms against the...
Early Red Sox offseason means start of search for new baseball boss, planning to remember Wakefield
BOSTON (AP) — The next head of the Boston Red Sox baseball operations department might or might not have experience running a team. Come from inside the organization, or outside. Have a lofty title like Chief Baseball Officer -- or not. It might even be more than one person. ...
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff will miss Wild Card Series with shoulder injury
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff will miss this week's Wild Card Series against Arizona because of a right shoulder injury. “Frankly, his availability for the postseason is up in the air at this point,” manager Craig Counsell said Monday, a...
NL champion Philadelphia Phillies look to make quick work of upstart Marlins in Wild Card Series
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rob Thomson gripped a bottle of bubbly in the exhilarating moments after the Philadelphia Phillies clinched a second straight postseason berth and called Bryce Harper, Bryson Stott & crew “the most resilient team I’ve ever been around.” The second-year...
MLB game time drops 24 minutes to 2:40 with pitch clock. Players steal most bases since 1987
NEW YORK (AP) — The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock, a 24-minute decrease in a season of change that resulted in a spike in batting average and the most stolen bases in nearly 40 years. Left-handed...
Mets and Yankees wrap up nightmare New York seasons and head into uncertain winter
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in nine years, baseball's postseason won't include a New York team. Neither one even came close, really. Back in March, such a monumental flop by the Mets and Yankees would've been difficult to envision. After combining for 200...
David Stearns introduced as president of baseball operations by New York Mets, his hometown team
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades ago, David Stearns used to sneak into Shea Stadium to root for the New York Mets. Now, he holds their entire roster in his hands. Stearns was formally appointed the first president of baseball operations in Mets history Monday, taking over...
