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Jackson Chourio

Brewers 20-year-old rookie Jackson Chourio stepping up his game in postseason

The $82 million contract Jackson Chourio signed before ever playing a major league game looks like more and more of a bargain with every swing.

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Astros losing ‘bigger deal’ than Tigers winning

Patrick has no sympathy for Wild Card complaints

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Bench: Rose was the epitome of hustle

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Los Angeles Angels 2024 season recap: Mike Trout injury, lack of Shohei Ohtani highlight dreadful year

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Higashioka’s homer starts rally as Padres beat Braves 5-4 to sweep NL Wild Card Series

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Mitchell hits tiebreaking HR in the 8th, Chourio goes deep twice and Brewers rally past Mets 5-3

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Witt gets another big hit to send the Royals into the ALDS with a 2-game sweep of the Orioles

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Ibáñez’s big hit lifts Tigers to 5-2 win over Astros and sweep in AL Wild Card Series

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Jack Flaherty

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.
Eddy Alvarez

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.
William Contreras

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.
Brent Strom

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.
Jesse Winker

NYM Left Fielder #3

Jesse Winker is back in the lineup at designated hitter for the Mets on Thursday.

After taking a seat on Wednesday with J.D. Martinez starting at DH, it will be Winker back in the lineup and hitting sixth on Thursday against Tobias Myers and the Brewers. The rest of the lineup remains the same but Jose Iglesias will move to fifth in the order with Mark Vientos hitting second and Brandon Nimmo hitting third.
Ben Rice

NYY Catcher #93

Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said that he considers Oswaldo Cabrera and Ben Rice “the primary names at first base.”

With Anthony Rizzo sidelined with two fractured fingers, the Yankees are looking for other options at first base. It seems likely that the left-handed hitting Ben Rice would start against right-handed pitchers and the switch-hitting Oswaldo Cabrera could start against lefties. Rice got off to a hot start when he got his first shot to take Rizzo’s playing time, but he faded down the stretch, finishing the year hitting .171/.264/.349 with seven home runs in 50 games. Having either Rice or Cabrera in the lineup just furthers the concerns about the bottom of the Yankees lineup.
Anthony Rizzo

NYY First Baseman #48

Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said Anthony Rizzo (finger) is “a long shot to be ready for the ALDS.”

Rizzo fractured two fingers while being hit by a pitch during a game against the Pirates last Saturday. Cashman mentioned that, up until this point, Rizzo has yet to attempt any baseball activities as he looks to make his way back onto the field. The veteran has been spending time on the field with his teammates and “is presenting well without doing any activity,” but until he starts doing baseball activities, it’s hard to see how he can get back on the field. As the Yankees prepare to play without Rizzo, the team has had Ben Rice, Oswaldo Cabrera, Trent Grisham, and Jon Berti take grounders at first base to try to give themselves as many options as possible.
Brandon Hyde

BAL Manager

Orioles General Manager Mike Elias confirmed that Brandon Hyde will be back as manager in 2025.

After the Orioles collapsed late in the season and then got swept by the Royals in the first round of the playoffs, there have been calls from the local fans to move on from Hyde. There is a growing belief that the Orioles have not done enough to capitalize on their championship window opening as their top prospects came of age. Yet, despite the murmurs, Hyde will get at least one more season to try to get the most out of an undoubtedly talented roster.
Cristian Javier

HOU Starting Pitcher #53

Astros General Manager Dana Brown said Cristian Javier (Tommy John surgery) should return to the team by the end of July.

Javier underwent Tommy John surgery at the beginning of June, so a return at the end of July would be 13 months post-surgery which sets up with the normal recovery timeline. Even though Javier had an up-and-down season in 2024, he has posted a 3.59 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and 27 percent strikeout rate over 501 innings (116 appearances, 82 starts) in the majors since 2020. Since fantasy managers will likely only get two months from Javier in 2025, it’s unlikely he gets drafted in most formats but he could be a valuable waiver add at the end of the season. Dana Brown mentioned that Jose Urquidy will be on a similar timeline, so the Astros will be without both of them for the majority of the 2025 season.
Tarik Skubal

DET Starting Pitcher #29

According to Evan Woodbery of MLive Media, Tarik Skubal will likely start Game 2 of the ALDS.

Skubal started Game 1 of the Wild Card round against the Astros on Tuesday, which means he would be on normal rest for Game 2 of the ALDS against the Guardians. Woodbery also notes that Skubal could return for Game 5 if it were to become necessary. While the Tigers have yet to announce an official plan, getting the chance to start the likely AL Cy Young winner twice gives them a major leg up in a test against the Guardians.

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MLB: Playoffs- Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres

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Don Mattingly

Blue Jays move Don Mattingly out of offensive coordinator role and back to full-time bench coach

GM Ross Atkins said associate manager DeMarlo Hale will remain in his role supporting John Schneider in 2025.

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Carlos Rodon

Carlos Rodón to start Game 2 of AL Division Series for Yankees

AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole will start the opener and is lined up to pitch Game 4 of the best-of-five series on Oct. 10.

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Andy Haines

Pirates fire hitting coach Andy Haines, bullpen coach Justin Meccage after last-place finish

Pittsburgh’s 76-86 record included a 21-34 mark after the trade deadline that dropped the Pirates out of the playoff race.

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MLB: Playoffs- Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres

Tatis hits 2-run homer, King strikes out 12 as the Padres beat the Braves 4-0 in playoff opener

Tatis’ 415-foot shot landed in the second deck in left field at Petco Park and sent the towel-waving, sellout crowd of 47,647 into a frenzy.

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MLB: Game One-New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

Mets continue wild ride with 8-4 win over Brewers in playoff opener

The New York Mets continued their thrilling week by beating the Milwaukee Brewers in an NL Wild Card Series opener.

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MLB: Playoffs-Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles

Bobby Witt Jr. and Cole Ragans lead the Royals over the Orioles 1-0 to open AL Wild Card Series

Cole Ragans went six innings to help the Kansas City Royals return from a nine-year postseason absence with a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Wild Card Series.

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MLB: Playoffs-Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros

Skubal sensational, Tigers jump on Valdez early to get 3-1 win over Astros in AL Wild Card Series

Tarik Skubal, the AL pitching Triple Crown winner, allowed just four singles and walked one in six innings in the Tigers’ Game 1 victory over the Astros.

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In remembering Pete Rose, a complicated calibration of player and person

On Rose’s remarkable career, and all that came after.

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