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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...

Tigers' Kerry Carpenter out of lineup in Game 5 vs. Guardians
Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter was left out of the starting lineup for Saturday's Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the host Cleveland Guardians.,Carpenter is nursing a left hamstring injury sustained after he rounded third and scored a run in the sixth inning of Game 4 t...

Dodgers open as solid favorites to win NLCS
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top seed in the National League playoffs, and the New York Mets are the sixth and final seed.,Bookmakers believe the regular-season results accurate depict the teams' relative strength, establishing the Dodgers as a comfortable favorite to win the NL Championship Seri...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers blank Padres, advance to NLCS
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five shutout innings, Enrique Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 2-0 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Friday.,By claiming Game 5 of the best-of-five NL Division S...

Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman (ankle) set to go in Game 5
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is in the starting lineup for Los Angeles' crucial Game 5 against the visiting San Diego Padres in Friday's National League Division Series.,Freeman's injured right ankle was heavily taped as he went through pregame warmups at Dodger Stadium.,Los Angeles manager...

For Tigers and Guardians in ALDS Game 5, 'everything's on the table'
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is planning to leave no stone unturned when Detroit collides with the host Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Saturday afternoon.,Hinch will be trying to rally the troops after pinch hitter David Fry smacked a go-ahead two-run homer on T...

For Tigers and Guardians in ALDS Game 5, everything on table
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is planning to leave no stone unturned when Detroit collides with the host Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Saturday afternoon.,Hinch will be trying to rally the troops after pinch hitter David Fry smacked a go-ahead two-run homer on T...

Padres-Dodgers: Game 5 Preview, Props & Prediction
The contentious National League Division Series between San Diego and Los Angeles comes down to a winner-takes-all Game 5 clash in L.A. on Friday night.,ODDS AND TRENDS,The Dodgers are consensus 1.5-run favorites at home. The Padres have drawn 62 percent of the spread-line money wagered at BetRivers...

X-rays negative for Tigers C Jake Rogers (wrist)
Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers said X-rays on his left wrist were negative after getting hit with multiple foul balls just above his glove in Thursday's Game 4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians.,Rogers, 29, told reporters Friday that his hand is still sore but he expects to play in Saturday's deci...

Weather issue pushes Tigers-Guardians to earlier Game 5 start
The decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and host Cleveland Guardians has been moved to 1:08 p.m. ET on Saturday because of a forecast for inclement weather, Major League Baseball announced Friday.,The game initially was scheduled for 8:08 p.m. It will be...

Report: Orioles fire three coaches after 91-win season
The Baltimore Orioles reportedly are parting ways with three coaches after a 91-win season and a wild-card sweep by the Kansas City Royals.,MASN Sports reported Friday that the club is not bringing back bench coach Fredi Gonzalez, co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller or major league coach Jose Hernandez.,Go...