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Vientos having an unreal game. 10 total bases...youngest NL player with three xb hits in a post season game. 6-6 tied again, Strahm just not a closer

Diaz simply ran out of gas...

Probably that the Mets and Dodgers need to meet for NLCS with the Yankees advancing to the WS.

Wasn't he already at 118 pitches though?

Dodgers just fight you every single at bat...Cease excels against free swinging teams.

This game reminds me of those four hour plus ones between the Red Sox and Yankees a decade or so ago. Dragging.

Just the very act of going to an antenna feels symbolically like going backwards in time in the race with technology...rather than something truly visionary. Like pirate or ham radio.

You can't walk the Dodgers...they will kill you with patience. Ohtani with his first defining playoff moment.

Cease at 98-99 in the first inning. Lots of pitches but escaped a jam.

Rough start for Yamamoto so far...not unlike his very first big league outing. Putting lots of pressure on team with Darvish having a very solid career record vs. LA. Knack completely inexperienced G3 potential starter over Buehler.

Of course Pham and Tim Hill were going to come together. 5-4 Royals producing some runs finally

Pham sacred fly Royals up 1-0. Holy Alabama...what is going on at Vandy? Diego Pavia sounds like a relief pitcher or tenor, not a QB.

Tanner Banks time. Oops.

Wow...Mets really look like the team of destiny this season.

Ofc when the White Sox were actually right on a player...like Wheeler...couldn't seal the deal. And Machado still on a HoF track but that extra year JR couldn't stomach. Obviously the right decision by Zack's wife to go with the Phillies' juggernaut.

At least they can be sent away saying we wouldn't take Holliday or Mayo alone for Crochet. The report will be that he's not even worth Hjerstad.

Depends if you believe in fWAR for pitchers...Crochet wins that in a runaway, and Eflin is at an unaffordable $18 million for essentially a 2/3 starter most seasons.

Detroit Tigers and Missouri Tigers both getting run out of the stadium.

Orioles' current #1 is Eflin or Grayson Rodriguez if healthy...

Saw someone at ESPN wagering site touting the Royals over NY but it's just hard to imagine. Still think a team sitting for six full days now like CLE is at such a disadvantage.

Multiple team sources with knowledge of the situation insist the Twins do not plan further payroll cuts for 2025 and that spending will remain around $130 million, but Pohlad’s refusal to say it on the record is reason for skepticism. And really, “next season’s payroll won’t drop any further” is just a positive way to spin “this season’s payroll drop is the new normal.” During the Twins’ final five seasons at the Metrodome, their payroll was 23 percent lower than the average MLB team. Fifteen years and one taxpayer-funded ballpark later, their 2024 payroll was … 24 percent lower than MLB average. And if the 2025 payroll stays around $130 million while the league as a whole increases, they’ll actually fall below Metrodome-era spending. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5809110/2024/10/03/minnesota-twins-payroll-offseason-moves/ Basically argues that there's almost zero payroll flexibility carrying Correa Buxton Lopez and trying to fit the remainder of the roster in at the projected $130 million.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/08/2024-25-free-agent-power-rankings-late-august.html Looks like Burnes Snell Fried and Flaherty are the O's options. Flaherty you can automatically cross off the list. Snell is so damned erratic and doesn't go deep enough in games. Max Fried seems to be the likeliest target. Proven playoff winner this week's loss to SD notwithstanding.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/04/orioles-payroll-david-rubenstein-mike-elias/

Yankees: LHP Tim Hill Released in June by a White Sox team that was on its way to setting a Major League record for losses in a single season, Hill has emerged as a terrific find. A 34-year-old sidearmer who generates plenty of ground balls, Hill shrugged off his 5.87 ERA with Chicago and pitched to a 2.05 ERA in 35 appearances for the Yanks. He was especially tough on lefties, holding them to a .187 batting average (14-for-75) after being crushed to a .413 clip (19-for-46) with the White Sox. -- Bryan Hoch mlb.com

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-playoffs-2024-updated-bracket-for-alds-and-nlds-key-matchups-previews-and-predictions-213616397.html Yahoo picks Yanks Guardians Phillies Padres https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-dodgers-2024-nlds-position-by-position-breakdown Padres in 4