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Brittany Ghiroli / New York Times:
Jerry Reinsdorf open to selling White Sox: Sources — Longtime majority owner Jerry Reinsdorf is open to selling the Chicago White Sox, sources briefed on the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Athletic. The 88-year-old Reinsdorf is in active discussions with a group led by former big leaguer Dave Stewart.
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Where Rays will play in 2025 one of many questions after Trop damage — The team should have a better idea in the next few weeks when, or if, it can return to its home stadium that was battered by Hurricane Milton. — ST. PETERSBURG — The first week since Hurricane Milton shredded …
MLB.com:
Here are all of this year's Gold Glove Award finalists — The 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Tuesday morning, with winners set to be unveiled on ESPN's “Baseball Tonight” on Nov. 3 at 8:30 p.m. ET. — Both leagues have three finalists at each position …
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Guardians' Matthew Boyd to start Game 3 of ALCS vs. Yankees — CLEVELAND — Left-hander Matthew Boyd will start for the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series against the New York Yankees on Thursday. — Guardians manager Stephen Vogt made the announcement prior …
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Slumping Austin Wells could sit in Yankees lineup shakeup for ALCS Game 3 — CLEVELAND — The slumping Austin Wells could find himself out of the cleanup spot — and perhaps out of the lineup altogether, at least for one game — with Cleveland starting left-hander Matt Boyd in Game 3 of the ALCS on Thursday at Progressive Field.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Ohtani nearly unstoppable with RISP, but ... NEW YORK — Bunt, steal, whatever it takes to get Shohei Ohtani to the plate with runners in scoring position, says Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, who might be doing the same thing if he were managing the Dodgers instead of watching the NLCS from the broadcast trailer.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Dodgers keeping Ohtani at leadoff for NLCS Game 3 vs. Mets — NEW YORK — Despite far better numbers hitting with men on base this postseason, Shohei Ohtani won't be moved down in the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday.
MLB.com:
MLB Gameday: Dodgers 8, Mets 0 Final Score (10/16/2024) — Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Dodgers vs. Mets at Citi Field
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Padres' Luis Arraez recovering from left thumb surgery — National League batting champion Luis Arraez of the San Diego Padres said he underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb Wednesday. — Arraez said he played through the injury for the entire second half of the season.
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Andrew Baggarly / New York Times:
San Francisco Giants' Bryan Price to step aside as pitching coach — A year ago at this time, Giants manager Bob Melvin convinced Bryan Price, his longtime friend, pitching coach and fellow Cal baseball alum, to put on a major-league uniform again. If it were for anyone except Melvin …
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Sam Amick / New York Times:
Why the Bucks believe they'll be better: Motivation, peace and the power of Doc (and talk) — IRVINE, Calif. — This should be an uncomfortable topic, but Giannis Antetokounmpo has decided to take a different, more comical, tack. — The Milwaukee Bucks star is standing on the court at UC Irvine …
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Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
The Dream Postseason That Saved Baseball — One year after the least-watched World Series in history, MLB has lucked into a playoffs that features the biggest teams and the best players—and fans can't get enough — This might come as a surprise, but there actually was a World Series last year.
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