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Hello
everyone and welcome to the weekend!
Yesterday was an off-day for the lone remaining Division Series. The Guardians and White Sox will face off in a do-or-die Game 5 tonight with first pitch slated for 5pm PT.
Here’s what else is happening across baseball.
In Mariners news…
- Lucy Bloom at Defector thinks a large portion of Mariners fandom has the wrong idea about Jerry Dipoto.
Around the league…
- Rangers shortstop Corey Seager underwent surgery to repair a bone spur in his right elbow.
- 37-year-old right-hander Sonny Gray plans to play in 2027.
- Actor Nick Offerman has claimed Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle as his baseball “son.”
- Boston right-hander Garrett Whitlock unknowingly pitched through a fractured tibia this season and will require surgery in the offseason.
- Matthew Roberson at Fangraphs ranked the 10 greatest Division Series of all time. You’ll never guess (you will) which one he put at #1.
- Katelyn Burns interviewed Gwen Howerton of the Houston Chronicle to talk about the growing trend of “Trans Girl Baseball.”
