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The plays and decisions that got the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series

ARLINGTON, Texas — Down three games to one, on the verge of another cruel postseason exit, Cody Bellinger looked at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup card, looked around the room at the men with whom he shares every day in these weird times, and started asking himself rhetorical questions. “Why can’t we win three games […]

Atlanta Braves bemoan Game 7 baserunning blunder: ‘It was huge’

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Atlanta Braves made another baserunning mistake with a lead in the NL Championship Series. This one was much more costly. The Braves ruined a promising fourth inning by running into a wild double play before the bats went cold in a 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 […]

Kenley Jansen shows the vintage form Dodgers ‘know and love’ in dominating Braves

ARLINGTON, Texas — After retiring the final batter with a 94 mph fastball on Friday night, and striking out the side, Kenley Jansen glared at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout with an intensity rarely seen from the personable right-hander. The meaning behind it, Jansen said, was basically, “Let’s go!” To the rest of the Dodgers, […]

MLB playoffs 2020: How the Atlanta Braves built arguably baseball’s best offense around Freddie Freeman

It began with Freddie Freeman. Literally. Turn the clock back to 2013. Freeman had completed his third season as the Atlanta Braves’ everyday first baseman, taking over at age 21 after a cup of coffee in the majors near the end of 2010. During those first three years, the Braves won 89, 94 and 96 […]

Los Angeles Dodgers add LHP Alex Wood to roster ahead of NLCS

Atlanta went with the same 28-player roster it had for its NL Division Series, with 15 pitchers and 13 position players. Wood missed a month of the shortened season because of a shoulder injury in his first start, though he returned in September, when seven of his eight appearances were in relief. Los Angeles is […]

Atlanta Braves’ Adam Duvall leaves with oblique injury in NLCS opener

ARLINGTON, Texas — Atlanta Braves left fielder Adam Duvall exited Monday’s National League Championship Series opener with an injury to his left oblique, prompting rookie Cristian Pache to replace him in the middle of his second-inning at-bat. Duvall grabbed at his left side immediately after fouling off a 1-1 fastball from Los Angeles Dodgers starter […]

Former World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval on Atlanta Braves roster

The 2012 World Series MVP joined the Braves after being released by the San Francisco Giants a couple of weeks ago. He started at third base in the final game of the regular season, going 0-for-2 with two walks in a 9-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Sandoval played 33 games for the Giants, […]

Fantasy baseball forecaster for Week 7: Sept. 7-13

Hitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 7 hitting ratings Week 7 pitcher rankings and two-start pitcher rankings There are six rescheduled games on the Week 7 schedule, five of which make up games postponed for COVID-19 reasons, which push the week’s grand total of games to a busy 100: Houston Astros-Oakland Athletics […]

Will the MLB trade deadline be a dud? These five questions could hold the key

This will be the most unpredictable trade deadline we’ve ever seen. My colleague Brad Doolittle just did a great job outlining the issues teams face this deadline, along with a position-by-position look at who might be available and which teams have holes to fill. One big factor aside from the cash-flow problems that exist in […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday’s games

For what may be the first time all season, there isn’t a pitcher with a projected game score in the 60s. There are, however, a few arms pitching like aces with Dylan Bundy, Ross Stripling and Zac Gallen scheduled to toe the rubber. Yes friends, Gallen and his streak of a dozen starts without giving […]

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