Diamondbacks Pitching Coach Brent Strom Reacts to Being Fired  —  Along with Strom, assistants Dan Carlson and Mike Fetters have been fired by the Diamondbacks  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks have fired pitching coach Brent Strom, along with assistant pitching coach Dan Carlson, and bullpen coach Mike Fetters.

2025 MLB Draft Lottery Odds  —  Image credit: (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)  —  With the completion of the 2024 MLB season, we now know the teams who will be eligible for the lottery this December that will determine the order of the 2025 MLB draft.

Thad Levine out as Twins general manager after 8 seasons  —  Thad Levine is out after eight years as the Minnesota Twins' senior vice president and general manager.  —  An announcement Friday said Levine, 52, was leaving “to pursue new challenges and opportunities, both inside and outside of baseball.”

Sources: Tomoyuki Sugano heading to MLB after Japanese career  —  Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, the most successful Japanese pitcher of his generation to have spent his whole career in Nippon Professional Baseball, will come to Major League Baseball as an international free agent this winter, sources told ESPN.

Mitchell hits tiebreaking HR in the 8th, Chourio goes deep twice and Brewers rally past Mets 5-3  —  MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio tied the game in the eighth with his second homer of the night and Garrett Mitchell delivered a two-run shot later in the inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers …

Royals sweep Orioles in AL Wild Card Series to reach ALDS  —  BALTIMORE — Amid the celebration of an improbable turnaround from 106 losses to a wild-card round victory, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. slipped on a T-shirt that read: “October Ready.”  —  Was he ever.

Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2025  —  Matt Swartz has created a model to project salaries for arbitration eligible players, which we've been publishing at MLB Trade Rumors for 14 years.  —  In the baseball industry, teams and agents determine arbitration salaries by identifying comparable players.

Former Arizona State football associate head coach, noncoaching staff member violated recruiting rules  —  COI previously approved agreement for school and seven other individuals  —  Former Arizona State football associate head coach Antonio Pierce and former noncoaching staff member Anthony …

Reds to hire Terry Francona as manager (source)  —  The Reds are hiring Terry Francona to be their next manager, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand.  The club has not confirmed the news.  —  Francona, 65, who stepped down as Guardians manager after the 2023 season …

Willy Adames was ready to fulfill his Jesse Winker parking lot challenge: ‘I was there’  —  Brewers star shortstop Willy Adames confirmed he did offer to meet Mets DH/ex-Brewer Jesse Winker in the parking lot to settle differences after an on-field “chirping” match following Winker's two-run Game 1 triple.

LA officials tout new license-plate readers in the San Fernando Valley  —  City and police officials touted on Thursday, Oct. 3, an ongoing effort to install 100 automated license-plate readers in the northwest San Fernando Valley, saying the technology can play a crucial role in combating rising crime.

‘Bothered, frustrated’ Joe Musgrove exits playoff start with elbow tightness  —  The Padres could have to do this without Joe Musgrove.  —  Wednesday's victory over the Braves punched the Padres ticket to the NLDS against the Dodgers, but Musgrove walking off the mound in the fourth inning …