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Three of the four Wild Card matchups concluded last night, with one more left to go. We’ve got all of that and more in today’s batch of links.
MLB Playoff Scores…
- The White Sox dispatched the Astros before October even began, winning 7-3 to sweep the series and advance to the ALDS.
- The Yankees’ bats went off once again, teeing off Garrett Crochet in his first appearance back from injury in a 9-2 ballgame to punch their ticket to the ALDS.
- The Cubs bats failed to get going yet again, allowing the Padres to sweep the series with a 4-1 victory.
- The Phillies drew even with the Braves thanks to a trio of homers, including an extra-inning bomb from Alec Bohm, in a 4-3 win. They’ll play the deciding match this evening.
In Mariners news…
- Ryan Rowland-Smith made his pitch for why the Mariners need to extend right-hander Logan Gilbert.
Around the league…
- Red Sox right-hander Sonny Gray expressed frustration with manager Chad Tracy after he was pulled in Boston’s loss to the Yankees.
- Astros outfielder Daulton Varsho is done for the season after undergoing wrist surgery.
- For the fourth season in a row, attendance was up across Major League Baseball.
- Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki made huge strides defensively in 2026. Davy Andrews at Fangraphs has the analysis.
- Matthew Roberson at Fangraphs wrote about Fernando Tatis, Jr.’s incredible first-to-home stolen base from Game 1 of the Wild Card Series.
- Jarrett Siedler at Baseball Prospectus highlighted 10 players to watch at this year’s Arizona Fall League. ($)
- Bob Costas expressed regrets for how the end of his baseball play-by-play career panned out.
