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  • SD Relief Pitcher #66
    Padres acquired LHP Tanner Scott and RHP Bryan Hoeing from the Marlins for RHP Adam Mazur, LHP Robby Snelling, 3B Graham Pauley and INF Jay Beshears.
    As a lefty with a 1.89 ERA in 123 2/3 innings since the beginning of 2023, Scott was the top reliever available in trade and commanded a strong return from the Padres. This deal will cost him most of his fantasy value, since he’ll rarely get save chances unless Robert Suarez gets hurt. Still, he’ll probably be big for the Padres if they can put together a playoff run. The Marlins could now use Calvin Faucher or Anthony Bender in the ninth, though they’re probably not going to have much to save the next two months.
  • CLE Starting Pitcher #35
    Alex Cobb has been removed from the ALCS roster with a strained back.
    Cobb suffered the strained back in his start against the Yankees in Game 1. The right-hander would be eligible to come back to the roster if the Guardians are to advance to the World Series, but there’s a very good chance his season is over due to the injury even if that takes place.
  • CLE Starting Pitcher #39
    Ben Lively has been added to the ALCS roster by the Guardians.
    Lively takes the spot of Alex Cobb, as Cobb was removed from the roster with a strained back. Lively will likely provide early-to-mid inning relief help during the series.
  • NYY First Baseman #48
    Anthony Rizzo is in the starting lineup for Game 2 of the ALCS against the Guardians on Tuesday.
    Rizzo played for the first time in weeks in Game 1 of the ALCS for the Yankees in their victory, and the 35-year-old was able to reach twice. There’s a chance that the veteran won’t be out there against southpaws, but with right-hander Tanner Bibee on the bump, Rizzo will hope to help the Yankees take a 2-0 lead in the series. The full lineup: 2B Gleyber Torres, RF Juan Soto, CF Aaron Judge, C Austin Wells, DH Giancarlo Stanton, 3B Jazz Chisholm Jr., SS Anthony Volpe, 1B Rizzo and LF Alex Verdugo.
  • SF Pitching Coach
    Bryan Price will not return to the Giants in 2025 as pitching coach.
    Price was only with the Giants for one season, and it was a mixed bag at best for the San Francisco hurlers. The 62-year-old appears to be leaving on his own, however, and could be with another organization for the 2025 season. Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic suggests former San Francisco hurler Ryan Vogelsong as a potential replacement.
  • PHI Manager
    Phillies extended manager Rob Thomson’s contract through the 2026 season.
    Thomson’s season ended in disappointment with a loss to the Mets in the NLDS in four games, but the Phillies were one of the best teams in the sport prior to that. The 61-year-old will also have his entire staff come back for the 2025 campaign.
  • SD Catcher
    Padres C prospect Ethan Salas doubled twice for Peoria on Monday in the Arizona Fall League.
    Salas is already up to four doubles in the AFL. The 18-year-old struggled in the regular season, but he’s been able to register an .895 thus far in the prospect-heavy league. Salas isn’t likely to be an option for San Diego until 2026, but there’s as much upside in his profile as any catching prospect in the sport.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #55
    Carlos Rodón pitched six innings of one-run ball Monday as the Yankees topped the Guardians 5-2 to win Game 1 of the ALCS.
    This was maybe Rodón’s best outing as a Yankee, as he finished with zero walks, nine strikeouts and whopping 25 missed swings. The lone run against him came on a homer from Brayan Rocchio in the sixth, and both other hits he surrendered were singles. After wearing down quickly in his lone start against the Royals, he paced himself nicely tonight, and he picked up his first career postseason victory in his third try. Game 2 of the ALCS will come Tuesday, with Tanner Bibee and Gerrit Cole slated to start.
  • CLE Starting Pitcher #35
    Alex Cobb was charged with three runs in 2 2/3 innings in a loss to the Yankees in Game 1 of the ALCS.
    Cobb got threw two scoreless before giving up a homer to Juan Soto to lead off the third. After he followed that with a walk to Aaron Judge, he was visited by the trainer, presumably to see if he was having issues with the troublesome finger that put him on the IL in September. He remained in the game and got to two outs, but he was pulled with the bases loaded. The stunning thing was that Stephen Vogt, instead of going to any of his quality relievers, brought in a starter with control issues in Joey Cantillo. Cantillo wound up throwing two run-scoring wild pitches that inning and two more before being pulled in the fourth. The Guardians were never really in the game after that. It’s understandable that Vogt didn’t want to burn out a pen still weary from the ALDS, but if that was the case, he was certainly better off relying on Cobb in a bases-loaded situation in the third.
  • NYY Left Fielder #22
    Juan Soto went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in the Game 1 victory over the Guardians on Monday.
    Soto’s homer was a missile off Alex Cobb, a pitcher he’d also dominated in limited regular-season action the last few years. It was his first homer of this postseason and seventh in 34 games dating back to his time as a 20-year-old sophomore in 2019.
  • NYM Third Baseman #27
    Mark Vientos went 2-for-5 and hit a grand slam as the Mets bested the Dodgers 7-3 in Game 2 to even the NLCS at 1-1.
    The slam came in a 2-0 game after the Mets walked Francisco Lindor with first base open and two outs in the second. To be fair, Lindor did homer in the first. That was off opener Ryan Brasier, though, and the Dodgers had Landon Knack in the game at that point. Lindor may have a postseason advantage over Vientos with all of his experience, but the choice was between two guys with very similar regular-season numbers, and all margin for error was gone with the bases loaded, whereas there would have been some with the base open working to Lindor. After the homer, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pretty much gave up on winning this one, saving all of his best relievers for Wednesday’s Game 3. Walker Buehler and Luis Severino are the scheduled starters then.