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Happy Wednesday, everyone! The World Series stage has now been set as the Tampa Bay Rays dominated the Cleveland Guardians on Monday to head to the World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Can’t say that we in Camp AL Central were sad to see the Guardians get crushed, but it would have been nice to be the ones doing the crushing. Still, this makes for a very interesting “small market” matchup, featuring two teams who both have never won a World Series championship. Whoever you’re cheering for,
history is going to be made over the coming week.
We’ve got lots of postseason-themed news and other little tidbits waiting for you in today’s links, so let’s get right into it.
Detroit Tigers News
- The Tigers have signed reliever Nick Raquet to a two-year minor league deal. Raquet, who recently underwent Tommy John surgery, is expected to miss the entire 2027 season.
MLB News
- Is Chandler Simpson the king of competitive runs?
- The Rays made moves both early and late in Monday’s game to help secure their place in the World Series.
- Ben Clemens explains his voting for the Fielding Bible Awards.
- Sal Frelich explains what “Murph Ball” is and why it has been so vital to the Brewers’ success this season.
- How to sound like an expert when talking about the World Series.
- Why this World Series is so different from anything we’ve seen before.
- Did winning the ALCS in six games set the Rays up for the perfect postseason pitching rotation?
- Both LCS MVPs will be facing teams they started the season playing with when they head to the World Series.
- A rare feat the Brewers could achieve during the coming World Series.
- How the Brewers are limiting other teams from late-inning comebacks.
- The changes Aaron Boone needs to bring to the Yankees to help further their success.
- The biggest managerial mistakes made by each team in the MLB playoffs.
- The MLB qualifying offer amount has increased by over 5% since last year.
- The unique approach that got the Rays to the World Series.
- Freddy Peralta was crowned AL MVP for his work in the championship series.
- Teruaki Sato could be the next big Japanese star heading to MLB.
- A deep dive on the Brewers’ ball-in-glove logo.($)
- A World Series preview from The Athletic.($)
- 10 moves that made the Rays the best team in the AL.($)
- There wasn’t an empty seat at the Trop when the Rays clinched their place in the World Series.($)
- Ouch.
- The correct take in this situation.
- So about those rad “any game” $1000 tickets the Brewers had sold in 2014…
