World Series updates: Rangers' Adolis García out for Game 4 vs. Diamondbacks  —  Nick Piecoro Theo MackieArizona Republic … DBacks' Emmanuel Rivera gets start at third base in Game 4  —  After coming off the Diamondbacks' bench to deliver hits in each of the past two games …

Craig Counsell's Mets interest is ‘serious’  —  PHOENIX — Craig Counsell's link to the Brewers would seem extremely strong.  —  He grew up in Milwaukee's suburbs when his father, John, was the team's community relations director, he's bringing up his four kids there, too, in Whitefish Bay …

Clippers |  Report: Clippers acquiring James Harden in trade with 76ers  —  The 10-time All-Star and former league MVP, 34, requested a trade in June when he opted into his $35.6 million player option for the 2023-24 season and had yet to play for the 76ers this season  —  James Harden is coming to the Clippers.

Dodgers free-agent outlook: What could J.D. Martinez's market look like?  —  The offseason is upon us and, with it, some decisions — for the Dodgers and for their pending free agents.  Just as we did last year, we will break down some of the Dodgers hitting the open market and what that market should bring for them.

Mookie Betts is at the World Series, but not as player.  ‘I have to do better, no matter what.’  —  Mookie Betts wore a smile to the World Series.  He stood behind the batting cage at Chase Field, little more than two weeks after the Dodgers season crashed to an unceremonious end on this very field.

Frank Howard, the Washington Senators' ‘Capital Punisher,’ dies at 87  —  One of baseball's most feared hitters, the gigantic slugger belted the final home run for the old Washington Senators in 1971  —  When Major League Baseball returned to Washington in 2005, the Nationals played their games at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

MLB scouts on Cody Bellinger and the Cubs' need for a big bat in their lineup  —  With free agency kicking off five days after the World Series ends, the biggest question for the Cubs is how they approach Cody Bellinger.  It's hard to know what team president Jed Hoyer will do …

Alex Cobb To Undergo Hip Surgery  —  Alex Cobb will undergo surgery on his left hip labrum tomorrow, the Giants announced to reporters (including Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area).  The surgery will also address the impingement issues that ended his 2023 season midway through September.

Red Sox leaned on consultation from some notable names  —  STORY BEHIND CRAIG BRESLOW'S JOURNEY TO BEING THE RED SOX BOSS  —  Red Sox team president Sam Kennedy said a day after the regular season ended that the search for the next Chief Baseball Officer was going to be more exhaustive the previous two occasions.