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  • NYY Relief Pitcher #58
    Yankees designated LHP Anthony Misiewicz for assignment.
    A 40-man spot was needed for Jon Berti, so Misiewicz is getting bumped. He had been pitching in Triple-A since June after throwing a scoreless inning in his lone appearance for the Yankees.
  • CIN Manager
    The Reds are set to hire Terry Francona as new manager with an announcement expected on Friday.
    Francona took 2024 off after 11 years managing the Guardians. The Reds will be his fourth stop as a manager. Francona takes a 1950-1672 career record, two World Series and three Manager of the Year awards to Cincinnati.
  • NYM First Baseman #20
    Pete Alonso went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run against the Brewers on Thursday.
    Alonso had struggled down the stretch of the season, but all is forgiven after getting the biggest hit of the Mets’ season. The Polar Bear hit a Devin Williams changeup out to right field for a go-ahead three-run home run with one out in the ninth inning. He certainly gave the Mets at least one memorable moment before heading into free agency this offseason.
  • NYM Starting Pitcher #23
    David Peterson tossed a scoreless ninth inning and got the save against the Brewers on Thursday.
    Edwin Diaz was already used earlier in the game so when the Mets took the lead in the ninth the team was scrambling for a closer. Peterson, having not pitched in the series to this point, stepped up and closed the door on the Brewers by inducing a Brice Turang double play. Peterson figures to start in the NLDS against the Phillies, though the Mets have a bevy of rotation options.
  • MIL Relief Pitcher #38
    Devin Williams allowed four runs in 2/3 innings and took the loss against the Mets on Thursday.
    Williams had allowed one home run in 22 appearances this year, but after Francisco Lindor walked and Brandon Nimmo singled in the ninth inning, he gave up a big three-run blast to Pete Alonso. The Brewers couldn’t have drawn up Game 3 of the Wild Card series much better than having Williams on the mound in the ninth inning with a two-run lead, but he didn’t get the job done. He’s still a top five fantasy closer heading into the offseason.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #36
    Tobias Myers tossed five shutout innings and got a no-decision against the Mets on Thursday.
    Myers allowed two hits, walked none and struck out five. He was somewhat curiously removed from the game after only 66 pitches. Nonetheless, the 26-year-old rookie was just as impressive during the regular season as he was in his brief playoff start. Myers heads into the offseason on a personal high note.
  • NYM Starting Pitcher #62
    Jose Quintana tossed six shutout innings and got a no-decision in the Met’s 4-2 victory over the Brewers in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series on Thursday.
    Quintana allowed four hits, walked one and struck out five. He gave the Mets exactly what they needed in an elimination game. Quintana is sure to get at least another start in the NLDS against the Phillies.
  • LAD Starting Pitcher #0
    Dodgers general manager Andrew Friedman said Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 and Jack Flaherty will start Game 2 of the NLDS.
    A Game 3 starter still hasn’t been revealed yet. The reasoning for the Dodgers going with Flaherty in Game 2 now is that he would be more accustomed to pitching with regular rest in a Game 5 if necessary.
  • NYM Second Baseman #26
    Mets sent INF/OF Eddy Alvarez outright to Triple-A Syracuse.
    Alvarez was designated for assignment earlier this week and cleared waivers. The Mets acquired the utility man from the Red Sox in September, which was only allowed because Alvarez was on a minor league deal at the time. He has the option to refuse the outright assignment and become a free agent, which he’ll almost certainly do.
  • MIL Catcher #24
    William Contreras will bat third and be the designated hitter against the Mets in Game 3 of the Wild Card series on Thursday.
    Contreras has a slight knee issue and was out running on the field before the game. He’ll be the DH with Gary Sanchez behind the dish for Milwaukee on Thursday.
  • ARI Pitching Coach
    Diamondbacks pitching coach Brent Strom, assistant pitching coach Dan Carlson, and bullpen coach Mike Fetters will not return in 2025.
    There’s no question that the Diamondbacks’ pitching staff disappointed in 2024, finishing with a team ERA of 4.63 which was 27th in all of baseball. However, how much of that is on the coaches, and how much of it is that the front office used a lot of resources to bring in underwhelming free agents Eduardo Rodriguez and Jordan Montgomery? Strom was the Astros’ pitching coach from 2014-21 and Houston never finished worse than 11th in the league in ERA. He has struggled to duplicate that in Arizona with the team finishing 22nd in ERA in 2022 and 20th in ERA in 2023, so the team will hope another coach can get more out of their pitching staff.