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Oct 14, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker on Saturday named left-hander Framber Valdez as the team’s starter for Monday’s Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Justin Verlander already had been tabbed the Astros’ starter in Game 1 of the matchup against the

Associated Press Oct 14, 2023, 01:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Houston Astros reliever Kendall Graveman won’t be on the AL Championship Series roster against the Texas Rangers because of right shoulder discomfort. The right-hander missed the Division Series with the problem but had hoped that he could recover in time for the

Associated Press Oct 14, 2023, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — The fourth child for Marcus Semien and his wife Tarah was due during the AL Championship Series. When her doctor said she was far enough along that it was safe to induce, Tarah told the Texas Rangers‘ second baseman they’d be having

Oct 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023 MLB playoffs are down to four teams after surprising division series saw three of the four top-seeded teams get knocked out. Now that the Texas Rangers–Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks–Philadelphia Phillies matchups are set, it’s time for some predictions! We asked our MLB experts

Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 05:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Scherzer declared himself “ready to go” after throwing another bullpen session and doing fielding drills Friday, two days before the Texas Rangers open the AL Championship Series. The Rangers haven’t said whether the three-time Cy Young Award winner will be

Oct 13, 2023, 04:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta Braves right-hander Kyle Wright is recovering from surgery to repair a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder and is expected to miss the 2024 season, the team said Friday. The Braves said Wright, 28, had the procedure Wednesday. He was put on the 60-day injured

ESPN Oct 12, 2023, 08:12 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Three of our four championship series teams are set — and tonight the Philadelphia Phillies are hoping to become the fourth. Wednesday night, the Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks punched their tickets to the next round, one day after the Texas Rangers became

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2023, 11:17 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — The best home run-hitting team in baseball got a taste of its own medicine as the Philadelphia Phillies blasted their way to a division series win over

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Over the past two years, Phillies-Braves has transformed into one of baseball’s best rivalries, in the vein of Yankees-Red Sox, Giants-Dodgers, or Cardinals-Cubs. One thing it did

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2023, 03:45 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — The suddenness has become common, but it hasn’t become easier. As the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ rowdy celebration

Associated Press Oct 12, 2023, 12:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — The hard-hitting Arizona Diamondbacks rode a record-setting barrage of solo homers in the third inning to a 4-2 win in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Wednesday night, sweeping the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers out of the playoffs. The D-backs

Oct 11, 2023, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions One team down, three to go. The day after the Texas Rangers moved on to the American League Championship Series by sweeping the Baltimore Orioles, the 2023 MLB playoffs continue with the three remaining division series matchups. Two teams face potential elimination today. In the AL,

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2023, 12:28 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Has covered baseball since 1981 ARLINGTON — The looks on the faces of those 46,000 Baltimore Orioles fans as they quietly exited Camden Yards on Sunday after a discouraging loss to the Rangers was not one of

ESPN News Services Oct 10, 2023, 11:11 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager and Adolis García homered early, Nathan Eovaldi struck out seven over seven innings in another series-clinching start and the Texas Rangers completed an AL Division Series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-1 victory Tuesday night. The Rangers, whose loss

Kiley McDaniel, ESPN MLB InsiderOct 10, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Rintaro Sasaki, the Japanese high school career home run record holder, did not submit his application for the Nippon Professional

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 02:39 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — It was all too familiar, both because of the reputation of this era’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the

Kiley McDaniel, ESPN MLB InsiderOct 10, 2023, 12:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. ATLANTA — A historic and improbable double play sparked by Michael Harris II capped the Braves‘ dramatic series-tying comeback in

Associated Press Oct 9, 2023, 08:42 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Israeli-American pitcher Dean Kremer will make his first career playoff start for the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night while thinking about family members in Israel, where war has been declared following a deadly attack by the militant group Hamas. Kremer said Monday that he