World Series Daily: Can Rays seize series lead over Dodgers in Game 5?  —  After all the oddities of the MLB regular season and postseason, the 2020 World Series pits baseball's top two teams against each other.  While we've grown accustomed to seeing the Dodgers playing for the championship …

Raiders offensive linemen Miller, Good, Hudson, Jackson cleared to face Bucs after COVID list stint  —  Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson all received final clearance to play for the Raiders Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Exclusive: Ex-Astros exec Mike Elias eyed for potential MLB pension fraud in his new role as Orioles GM  —  It was rather interesting last week to see disgraced former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow emerge from MLB exile to once again proclaim his innocence in the Houston sign-stealing cheating scandal and this time …

Francisco Lindor to Mets?  Steve Cohen could make it happen  —  How about this for a championship-team-building strategy: Identify a superstar who is approaching free agency and whose team seems uninterested in guaranteeing him the money he inevitably will get.  Trade for him.

Sources: The Cubs are making another change with their hitting coaches  —  Trying to fix the long-running issues with their offense, the Cubs will once again reshuffle their staff, choosing not to retain assistant hitting coach Terrmel Sledge, whose contract is set to expire Oct. 31, sources said.

Yankees' Gio Urshela and Clint Frazier named 2020 AL Gold Glove finalists  —  Gio Urshela a Gold Glove finalist?  —  That was not a surprise Thursday afternoon when the finalists at each position were announced; certainly not a surprise to anyone who has watched Urshela man third base for the Yankees the last two seasons.

Cubs' Will Venable in mix for Red Sox, Tigers manager jobs  —  If any changes are coming to the Cubs' coaching staff this winter, it might start with third-base coach Will Venable.  —  Venable, who has been on the Cubs' coaching staff for three seasons, has interviewed with the Boston Red Sox …

Alex Rodriguez on failed Mets bid: I would have raised payroll to $225M  —  Alex Rodriguez's tone suggested he still thinks about what could have been.  —  But the aggressive efforts made by he and his fiancee, Jennifer Lopez, to purchase the Mets this year that ultimately came up short aren't likely to be repeated.

Yankees already have competition for possible Didi Gregorius reunion  —  After the Yankees' season ended with their loss to the Rays in the ALDS, general manager Brian Cashman was blunt when asked if Gleyber Torres would remain at shortstop.  —  “We're gonna evaluate all circumstances that best fit us,” Cashman said.

Nelson Cruz, Freddie Freeman winners at Players Choice Awards  —  NEW YOIRK — Minnesota Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz was voted Marvin Miller Man of the Year and Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was picked as Player of the Year in annual Players Choice award voting by the Major League Baseball Players Association.