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Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw plans to return in 2025
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers star left-hander Clayton Kershaw said he will return for an 18th season in 2025 after making a career-low seven starts this past season.,Kershaw, 36, will not pitch in the current postseason because of a bone spur in his right big toe. He did not make his regular-s...

Report: Astros split with third-base coach Gary Pettis
The Houston Astros won't retain third-base coach Gary Pettis, who was on the staff during each of the team's seven consecutive appearances in the American League Championship Series, The Athletic reported Monday.,He had been on the coaching staff since the start of the 2015 season and worked under m...

Mets' Brandon Nimmo reveals plantar fasciitis condition
New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo intends to keep playing in the National League Championship Series, despite dealing with painful plantar fasciitis, he told The Athletic.,Nimmo told the outlet he has had the condition in his left foot since May, and it flared up again in Game 3 of the NL Divis...

Yankees add Anthony Rizzo, Marcus Stroman to ALCS roster
The New York Yankees added first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right-hander Marcus Stroman to their American League Championship Series roster on Monday. ,The Guardians added right-hander Pedro Avila to their roster before the teams opened the ALCS on Monday night in New York. ,Rizzo returns more than t...
New York Mets Under Water in NLCS After Kodai Senga Meltdown
The New York Mets were ousted in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series by the Los Angeles Dodgers and are currently in an 0-1 hole....

Dodgers pitchers look to set MLB record in Game 2 vs. Mets
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers will give their bullpen a chance to set a postseason record in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the visiting New York Mets on Monday afternoon.,On a 33-inning scoreless streak to tie a postseason record first set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1966, t...

Dodgers pound Mets to open NLCS
LOS ANGELES -- A makeshift pitching staff that was supposed to spell doom for the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series hopes has instead made playoff history.,Jack Flaherty went seven scoreless innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice and Los Angeles rolled to a 9-0 victory over the New Yor...

Dodgers pound Mets to open NL Championship Series
LOS ANGELES -- Jack Flaherty went seven scoreless innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 9-0 victory over the visiting New York Mets in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday., ,Daniel Hudson and Ben Casparius each pitched a...

Yankees, Guardians express mutual respect ahead of ALCS
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians are well-acquainted with each other in the postseason, but rarely when an American League pennant is on the line.,After finishing with the top two records in the AL, the Yankees and Guardians open up the ALCS Monday night with Game 1 in the be...

Dodgers RHP Gavin Stone expected to miss 2025 season
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Gavin Stone underwent shoulder surgery and is expected to miss the 2025 season.,Stone, 25, started the season in the Dodgers' rotation to fill a void created by multiple injuries on the staff. Still a rookie in 2024, despite eight appearances in 2023, Stone establish...

Guardians name Alex Cobb to start Game 1 of ALCS
The Cleveland Guardians named right-hander Alex Cobb as their Game 1 starter for the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees.,Cobb will square off Monday against Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon.,After he underwent hip surgery following the 2023 season and experienced should...

Mets add 2B/OF Jeff McNeil (wrist) to NLCS roster
The New York Mets will have veteran second baseman/outfielder Jeff McNeil on the roster for the National League Championship Series.,McNeil, who last played Sept. 6 due to a wrist fracture, is on the Mets' NLCS roster as they prepare to open the series against the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday....

Injured Miguel Rojas, Alex Vesia off Dodgers' NLCS roster
The Los Angeles Dodgers added veteran outfielder Kevin Kiermaier and right-hander Brent Honeywell Jr. to their National League Championship Series roster on Sunday.,The NLDS between the New York Mets and Dodgers begins Sunday night in Los Angeles.,Kiermaier and Honeywell are injury replacements for ...

Yanks tab Carlos Rodon for ALCS Game 1, Gerrit Cole for Game 2
The New York Yankees will send left-hander Carlos Rodon to the mound on Monday for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the visiting Cleveland Guardians.,Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, who won the Game 4 clincher in the AL Division Series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, is...

Quick end to LCS means earlier start for World Series
A quick end to Major League Baseball's two league championship series would result in an earlier start to the World Series.,MLB said Sunday that should both the American and National League wrap up the championship rounds by Saturday, the World Series will open Oct. 22, with a potential Game 7 being...
MLB Playoffs ALCS & NLCS Predictions: Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees & New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
There are only four remaining teams in the MLB Playoffs, and these are our predictions for the ALCS and NLCS of Guardians vs. Yankees and Mets vs. Dodgers....

Mets' next task: Stop Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers in NLCS
LOS ANGELES -- The National League Championship Series will be an oversized affair starting Sunday, when the top two markets roll out a superstar as the New York Mets visit the Los Angeles Dodgers.,The Mets' Francisco Lindor has risen to the occasion, fighting through a late-season back injury to fi...

Guardians tag Tigers ace in Game 5, will face Yanks in ALCS
CLEVELAND -- Lane Thomas belted a grand slam in the fifth inning to help the Cleveland Guardians advance to the American League Championship Series with a 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. ,Thomas added an RBI infield single in the seventh and Brayan Rocchio drove in a run in the eigh...

Tigers' Kerry Carpenter comes off bench, drives in run vs. Guardians in Game 5
Out of the Detroit Tigers' starting lineup due a left hamstring injury, Kerry Carpenter delivered a pinch-hit RBI single on Saturday in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the host Cleveland Guardians.,Carpenter, hit for designated hitter Justyn-Henry Malloy in the fifth and single...

Mets tab Kodai Senga for Game 1, Sean Manaea for Game 2
The New York Mets will send Kodai Senga to the mound in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, with Sean Manaea slated to start Game 2 on Monday.,Senga, who opened the season on the injured list due to a strained posterior capsule in his right sh...