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Fantasy baseball: Bold predictions for NL teams

Some of our bold predictions from last season hit the goal or came close, which makes us smile. Cody Bellinger and Jose Berrios indeed bounced back nicely with the Cubs and Blue Jays, respectively. The Dodgers’ James Outman and Tigers’ Kerry Carpenter won starting roles and hit for power. Oakland’s Esteury Ruiz stole 50-plus bases, […]

Fantasy baseball: Bold predictions for AL teams

Guardians activate slugger Josh Naylor (oblique) from IL

More Teams. More Games. Jose Siri’s throw to the plate is well off the mark as the Guardians win on a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning. (0:51) CLEVELAND — The Guardians activated first baseman Josh Naylor from the injured list Sunday, giving Cleveland back one of its best hitters for a September playoff push. […]

Astros’ Framber Valdez blanks Guardians for MLB’s 3rd no-hitter

HOUSTON — Framber Valdez threw the 16th no-hitter in Houston Astros history in a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night. Hours after the Astros reacquired ace Justin Verlander from the New York Mets, Valdez allowed just one baserunner on a walk in the fifth inning, but still faced the minimum thanks to […]

Yankees eliminate Guardians to set up ALCS showdown vs. Astros

NEW YORK — Houston, here come the Yankees. Riding off a strong start from lefty Nestor Cortes, the New York Yankees booked a ticket to the American League Championship Series with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. The Game 5 victory capped a back-and-forth series in which the Yankees faced elimination in […]

A wild Division Series weekend showed off the best of October baseball

“Baseball’s just a really funny game,” Trey Mancini said about nine hours later, headed for a bus that would begin the Astros’ journey home for their sixth straight AL Championship Series. What had occurred in the time since was a one-of-a-kind game: 6 hours, 22 minutes, with 42 strikeouts against four walks, where hits were […]

Oscar Gonzalez’s walk-off single gives Cleveland ALDS lead

CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees did exactly what you think about when you think about the New York Yankees. They went deep, thrice, and they still lost because the blooping and looping attack of the Cleveland Guardians just won’t stop. The Yankees bashed three homers, including a 449-foot shot by slumping slugger Aaron Judge […]

Jeremy Pena hits 18th-inning homer as Astros sweep Mariners

SEATTLE — Jeremy Pena homered in the 18th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Saturday to advance to the American League Championship Series for the sixth straight year. Pena, who had been 0-for-7 in the game, drove a slider from Penn Murfee deep to left-center for the rookie shortstop’s first […]

How the Guardians grew up to become baseball’s most surprising division winner

And yet, here they are, after taking the division with 92 wins and sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card Series, now facing off against the New York Yankees in the division series. Their unexpected success can be attributed to a number of things: smart promotions from the front office and successful […]

MLB division series: Highlights, live updates and takeaways from a wild Day 1

We’re down to eight teams in the 2022 postseason after four were eliminated this past weekend in MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend. Now it’s on to the league division series: four series, best-of-five, first team to win three advances. The Philadelphia Phillies beat the defending champion Atlanta Braves in the first game of the division […]

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