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“I was happy over there. Obviously I wasn’t in the spot that I wanted to be with my numbers…but this is baseball,” said Freddy Peralta to the media of his journey from New York to Tampa Bay after Game 1 of the ALDS. “Everything changed when I got traded. I’ve been treated here as a king, and I feel really good about it. They work on me really well here. For me, and my family, this is a great opportunity to be the pitcher for the second game of the ALDS.”
Mets prospect Cole Mathis—one of the many players
the Mets acquired at this year’s trading deadline—is debuting a new hitting stance in the Arizona Fall League.
There is no greater disconnect between fanbases in New York than the one between the two New York baseball teams, writes Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post.
Around the National League East
The Braves’ bullpen game strategy fell short, as the Dodgers took Game 1 of the NLDS 5-3 behind six innings of one-run ball by Tarik Skubal.
The Dodgers are forcing the Braves to make a tough decision about Chris Sale; will Atlanta start him in Game 2 after he was deployed on Thursday for the final four outs of the Wild Card Series or will they save him for Game 3?
Evan Macy of PhillyVoice reviews ten things the Phillies must change this offseason.
The city of Washington DC is looking at legislation to authorize bonds to generate $380 million for an “extensive” renovation of Nationals Park, per reporting by the Washington Business Journal. It is unclear how much the Nationals would contribute to the project.
Around Major League Baseball
Aaron Judge’s lingering calf injury has kept him off the Yankees’ ALDS roster.
The Yankees certainly could have used Judge’s bat, as Drew Rasmussen carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning in front of a sold-out Tropicana Field to put the Rays ahead 1-0 in the ALDS.
Game 1 of the AL Central ALDS matchup also was a shutout, as the White Sox blanked the Guardians 3-0.
The Brewers won a nail-biter in Game 1 of the NLDS, defeating the Padres 3-2. The Padres took an early 2-0 lead off Jacob Misiorowski, who only managed to record 12 outs, but Jackson Chourio tied the game with a two-run homer in the third inning and William Contreras went deep off Padres setup man Adrian Morejon for the decisive blow in the eighth. This game truly had everything, as a potential go-ahead home run in the ninth off the bat of Ty France struck a cable running across the roof of American Family Field and redirected itself into Jackson Chourio’s glove like an act of divine intervention by the home ballpark.
Will Leitch of MLB.com reviewed one storyline for each of the four playoff National League teams ahead of Game 2 of the NLDS.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1999, the Mets beat the Reds in a decisive Game 163 behind a two-hitter by Al Leiter to send the club to their first playoff series in 11 years.
