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Strange but true postseason feats
The Dodgers scored nine runs in a game Clayton Kershaw started — and lost. The A’s scored eight runs in a game Jon Lester started — and lost. The team that won the World Series went almost two weeks without hitting a homer. The team that lost the World Series went almost four weeks without […]
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MLB playoffs 2023: 5 moments that led to Dodgers’ NLDS exit
More Teams. More Games. Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw try to make sense of the Dodgers NLDS sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks. (1:07) In the aftermath of another early-round disappointment, this time at the hands of the young, scrappy Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy delivered a harsh but accurate […]
Continue reading‘Disappointed’ Dodgers make another early postseason exit
More Teams. More Games. Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw try to make sense of the Dodgers NLDS sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks. (1:07) PHOENIX — The suddenness has become common, but it hasn’t become easier. As the Arizona Diamondbacks’ rowdy celebration transitioned from their clubhouse to the Chase Field pool and back late […]
Continue readingDodgers fail to ‘cash in’ at plate, now look to ‘flip script’ in NLDS
For a second straight game, the Dodgers, a 100-win team that surged through most of the summer, saw their starting pitcher fall flat and their offense waste what little opportunities they had to make up for it. They lost once again to a young, scrappy Arizona Diamondbacks team that compiled 16 fewer regular-season victories, this […]
Continue readingJerry Dipoto: Not sure big-name free agent is answer for Mariners
And while he acknowledged the comments made by Cal Raleigh, J.P. Crawford and others, Dipoto, the team’s president of baseball operations, doesn’t necessarily believe going out and signing high-profile free agents is the answer to make Seattle better than the other clubs in the AL West. “I don’t know that the solutions to our problems […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 26: Who’s No. 1 entering the playoffs?
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan and Dave Schoenfield expect the Twins and Brewers to make some noise in the postseason. (2:40) We’re down to the final days of the 2023 regular season. Most teams are looking ahead to 2024, while others are focused on October — and the fates of a few squads still […]
Continue readingDodgers sign 2B Kolten Wong to minor league deal
After making a number of effective but unheralded moves at the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Dodgers made another addition Friday when they signed infielder Kolten Wong to a minor league deal. Among the Dodgers’ previous moves were acquiring versatile defenders like Enrique Hernandez from the Boston Red Sox and Amed Rosario from the Cleveland […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 18: Who’s No. 1 post-trade deadline?
A fair number of MLB teams look a little different than they did just a week ago. With the 2023 trade deadline behind us, there are some faces in new places — and others in familiar ones, most notably Justin Verlander, who returned to Houston in the biggest deal on deadline day Tuesday. Mets teammate […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 17: A shake-up in the top 5
Tampa Bay’s 113-day reign atop the American League East is over — there’s a new division leader in town. The Orioles not only jumped the Rays in the division but in our power rankings as well, with Baltimore making its debut at No. 2 — its highest standing in recent memory. But that was not […]
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