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The A’s announced that Lawrence Butler underwent surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his right knee. The outfielder also received a platelet-rich plasma injection to address patellar tendonitis in his opposite knee. The club didn’t announce a specific recovery timeline but said that Butler will rehab during the offseason in preparation for Spring Training. Butler is coming off a middling season. He hit .234/.306/.404 while striking out at a 28.4% rate across 630 plate appearances. Butler still managed a 20-20 showing, but all three slash stats regressed from his excellent 2024 campaign. He had a particularly poor second half, hitting .203/.268/.351 with a strikeout rate narrowly above 30% after the All-Star Break. The knee issues could explain some of that downturn. General manager David Forst told Martín Gallegos of MLB.com on Tuesday that Butler played through the right knee injury for the final few weeks of the season. The 25-year-old remains one of the organization’s core lineup pieces. Nick Kurtz and Jacob Wilson already look like stars. Brent Rooker, Tyler Soderstrom, Shea Langeliers and Butler all have All-Star ceilings, giving the A’s a lineup that runs at least six deep. Butler is one season into the second-largest contract in franchise history. He signed a seven-year, $65.5MM deal in Spring Training. He finished the season as the everyday center fielder but probably projects as their long-term right fielder. Denzel Clarke, who missed most of the second half with a groin injury, is a phenomenal center fielder. Their ideal defense has Clarke up the middle, but he’ll need to improve upon the 38% strikeout rate he posted in his rookie season to stick even at the bottom of the lineup. View the full article

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Diamondbacks first baseman Tyler Locklear will undergo surgery on both his left elbow and shoulder later this month, reports Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic. The rookie suffered a ligament tear in his elbow and a labrum injury in his shoulder. The procedures make it likely that Locklear will open the 2026 season on the injured list. John Gambadoro of 98.7 FM reports that the team is hopeful he’ll be ready for game action by the end of Spring Training. That wouldn’t give him much time to get used to facing MLB pitching, and the Snakes would probably have him open the season on the IL so he could go on a minor league rehab stint. It’s possible he’s back sometime in April, though there’s obviously a wide range of outcomes for a player coming off simultaneous significant surgeries. Both injuries occurred on the same play. Locklear, a right-handed thrower, was playing first base against Boston on September 7. Connor Wong hit a grounder to third that Jordan Lawlar threw high and wide to first base. Locklear stretched his left arm up and away from his body while trying to keep his foot on the bag. Wong collided with Locklear’s arm as he ran through the base. The play resulted in a two-run error to give Boston a 5-4 lead they’d never relinquish. Locklear was knocked out for the season. A former second-round pick by the Mariners, Locklear was the key piece of Arizona’s return in the Eugenio Suárez trade. Seattle hadn’t given him much of a big league opportunity. The D-Backs had traded Josh Naylor to the M’s a week earlier, so they plugged Locklear in as their primary first baseman. He had a tough time in his first regular look at big league pitching. The Virginia Commonwealth product batted .175/.267/.262 while striking out 37% of the time across 116 plate appearances. While it wasn’t an impressive MLB look, Locklear has little left to prove against minor league pitching. He’d turned in a .316/.401/.542 slash with 19 homers and 18 stolen bases over 98 Triple-A contests in the Seattle system. That’s fantastic production even in the Pacific Coast League. On Wednesday, Gambadoro downplayed the likelihood that the Diamondbacks would make a significant offseason move at first base. It’s unclear if the extent of Locklear’s injuries will change the calculus. The Snakes presumably still want to give him the opportunity to get more comfortable against big league pitching. Yet he’s likely to at least begin the season on the injured list and it’s not hard to imagine elbow and shoulder injuries impacting his swing even when he’s able to get back on the field. Pavin Smith is the presumptive starter for the time being. He’s coming off a solid .258/.362/.434 showing overall, though the positives were mostly concentrated in a huge first month. Smith hit .222/.311/.351 while striking out a third of the time after the start of May. He missed all of September with a quad strain. The Snakes also don’t have a true designated hitter, leaving open the possibility of bringing in a veteran bat to fill one of those positions while letting Locklear, Smith and Adrian Del Castillo compete for playing time at the other. Pete Alonso and Naylor top the free agent class at the position. That kind of splash is unlikely given Arizona’s greater need for additions in both the rotation and bullpen. A reunion with Paul Goldschmidt or a one-year deal for Rhys Hoskins or Dominic Smith could be on the table. Nathaniel Lowe is unlikely to be tendered a contract by the Red Sox, while Ryan Mountcastle or Spencer Steer may find themselves in trade rumors. View the full article

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The Rangers have officially named Skip Schumaker their new manager. The 2023 NL Manager of the Year signed a four-year contract to become the 21st full-time skipper in franchise history. Schumaker’s hiring comes just four days after the team announced that future Hall of Famer Bruce Bochy would not be back for a fourth season. “We are thrilled to announce this promotion and have Skip leading this club in the dugout,” president of baseball operations Chris Young said in a press release. “Over his past year as a senior advisor to our baseball operations group, Skip has proven to be driven, passionate and thorough in everything he does. He has a winning spirit and energy, and we are fortunate that someone so highly regarded in the industry has agreed to become our manager.” The team also released a brief statement from Schumaker himself. “I am honored and excited for this opportunity to manage the Rangers,” he said. “While I attained a good understanding of the organization through my front office role this past season, the conversations with Chris Young, (general manager) Ross Fenstermaker, and others this week have only intensified my interest in this opportunity. I can’t wait to begin the work for 2026.” This move has been telegraphed for almost a year. As mentioned in the club’s announcement, Schumaker joined the Texas organization last November as a senior advisor. That came a few weeks after he stepped down as manager of the Marlins after two seasons. It immediately raised speculation that Schumaker would be the successor whenever the 70-year-old Bochy decided to go in a different direction. The rapidity of the hiring confirms this was the preferred outcome. Young told reporters this morning the club was not speaking with any candidates outside the organization (relayed by Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News). It was only a matter of days for the team to finalize a contract that gets Schumaker back in the dugout. A utility infielder during his playing career, Schumaker was a longtime role player for the Cardinals. He began his coaching days in San Diego, then returned to St. Louis as Oli Marmol’s bench coach for the 2022 season. Schumaker got his first managerial opportunity with the Marlins one year later. He signed a two-year deal with a club option for the ’25 campaign to lead what was viewed as a rebuilding Miami team. The Fish outperformed expectations in 2023, winning 84 games and snagging a Wild Card spot. Unsatisfied with the team’s player development pipeline, owner Bruce Sherman made a change atop the front office at year’s end. Peter Bendix was brought in as president of baseball operations. General manager Kim Ng stepped down rather than work as the #2 executive after leading the front office for the preceding three seasons. Bendix was unconvinced that Miami’s winning season really opened a contention window. They’d gotten to the playoffs despite being outscored by 57 runs. The Phillies comfortably swept them out of the first round. Ownership certainly wasn’t going to approve significant free agent spending. As Bendix geared up for the team’s latest rebuild, the Marlins agreed to void their option on Schumaker’s contract. He managed out a 100-loss season in 2024 and confirmed the long-apparent news that he would not be back for a third year in South Florida as soon as the season ended. The sour finish has not detracted from Schumaker’s reputation as one of the sport’s top young managers. It doesn’t appear as though he seriously pursued a position last offseason. He was loosely tied to the White Sox vacancy that eventually went to Will Venable — ironically, the previous presumed successor to Bochy in Arlington — but decided to spend a season in the Texas front office while keeping his options open for 2026. Schumaker steps into a dugout that might be in the midst of its own youth movement. The Rangers have disappointed in each of the past two seasons after winning the World Series during Bochy’s first year. The franchise has dealt with revenue losses related to the collapse of its local broadcast contract, leading to what is expected to be a reduced payroll. In announcing Bochy’s departure, Young told reporters the club was dealing with “financial uncertainty” and would place more emphasis on development of young players. A roster shakeup was necessary anyhow. Their veteran lineup simply hasn’t been good enough over the past two seasons. It’d be a surprise if at least one or two of Adolis García, Jonah Heim, Josh Jung and Jake Burger weren’t traded or non-tendered. Texas still has four huge contracts on the books for Jacob deGrom, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Nathan Eovaldi. They’ll be saddled with Joc Pederson’s $18.5MM salary when he inevitably exercises his player option. Trading any of deGrom, Eovaldi or Seager would signify a greater teardown than seems likely. They’d need to eat a lot of the remaining three years and $72MM on Semien’s contract to find any interest, and Pederson stands a better chance of being released than traded. There’s a good chance all five of those players are back, but there should be significant turnover among their group of arbitration-eligible hitters. A 1-2 punch of deGrom and Eovaldi may alone be enough to keep them in the playoff hunt next year if both aces can stay healthy. They’ll need more foundational lineup pieces around Seager, Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter and eventually top prospect Sebastian Walcott if they’re to have consistent success throughout the Schumaker era. There are now seven open or uncertain managerial positions around the game. The Giants and Twins fired Bob Melvin and Rocco Baldelli, respectively, at season’s end. The Angels announced they were not exercising Ron Washington’s club option for 2026, nor would they bring back interim skipper Ray Montgomery. Brian Snitker retired after leading the Braves for nine and a half seasons. The Nationals (Miguel Cairo), Rockies (Warren Schaeffer) and Orioles (Tony Mansolino) ended the year with interim managers after midseason firings. None of those teams have announced whether their interim candidates will get the position on a full-time basis. Image courtesy of Orlando Ramirez, USA Today Sports. View the full article

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The Giants interviewed longtime MLB catcher Kurt Suzuki as they search for a new manager. Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle first reported that Suzuki was scheduled to interview on Friday afternoon, and FanSided’s Robert Murray confirmed this evening that indeed took place. Suzuki, 42 tomorrow, has worked as a special assistant with the Angels for the past three seasons. The longtime MLB catcher jumped right into front office work after retiring as a player following the 2022 campaign. Suzuki appeared in parts of 16 big league seasons. He was an All-Star with Minnesota in 2014 and won a World Series as a member of the 2019 Nationals. That included a go-ahead homer off Justin Verlander in Washington’s Game 2 victory over the Astros. While Suzuki never played for the Giants, he’s plenty familiar with the Bay Area. He played more than 700 games over two stints with the A’s when they were in Oakland. Suzuki was an A’s draftee who played there between 2007-12. He was traded back for a brief stint at the end of the 2013 season as well. Suzuki’s front office work has come under Angels’ general manager Perry Minasian, the brother of Giants’ GM and #2 executive Zack Minasian. He doesn’t have any coaching or managerial experience. He was highly respected as a player and had the added bonus of working as a catcher, a trait of many future managers. It’s an unconventional but not unprecedented candidacy. Reigning American League Manager of the Year Stephen Vogt was hired by the Guardians going into 2024. Vogt had only retired as a player one season earlier, though he did spend the intervening year on Seattle’s coaching staff. Vogt has led the Guardians to consecutive playoff berths. Former Giants bullpen coach Craig Albernaz has worked as Vogt’s bench coach and associate manager, respectively, over the past two seasons. Albernaz has long been viewed as a potential manager in his own right, and he was reportedly a finalist for both the Miami and White Sox vacancies last year. After Chicago hired Will Venable, Albernaz withdrew from consideration for the Marlins job. They subsequently hired Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough. Given Albernaz’s previous ties to the Giants and to baseball operations president Buster Posey, he’s an expected candidate for the San Francisco job. Slusser writes that the 42-year-old is “likely to get a look” for the position, though it’s not known if he has an interview scheduled. Cleveland was bounced by the Tigers in the Wild Card Series yesterday. View the full article

http://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Kyle-Schwarber-and-Shohei-Ohtani.pngBill Streicher and Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Meat + bread + mess are one of the most iconic food combinations known to humanity. Two of my favorites are classics of Philadelphia and Los Angeles, wonderful amalgamations that make a sloppy mess of whiz or jus go down my chin and, too often, the shirt that I’m wearing. I’ve always lived in the eastern part of the United States, so I have more practical experience with cheesesteak locations (I’m partial to Dalessandro’s and John’s Roast Pork). But the French dip is wonderful as well — I have at least gotten to try it at Philippe the Original — and I also love its cousin, quesabirria. Whichever you prefer, you’re choosing from two of the heavy hitters in good, casual food. I’m not talking about deliciousness because I’m hungry, even though it’s almost dinnertime, but because the Dodgers and Phillies play a similar role in baseball: They’re not everyone’s favorites, but they’re two of the most successful franchises of the last 15 years, and if you’re an NL team, there’s a good chance you’ll have to go through one or both of these teams en route to a championship. The Rotations This year’s Phillies haven’t been bitten by as many injuries as the Dodgers have in recent seasons, but the ones they’ve had have been significant. Zack Wheeler won’t be found this postseason, or much of anywhere next year either, after undergoing thoracic outlet depression surgery last month to address one of the most dreaded of pitcher ailments. The longest-standing legacy member of the rotation, Aaron Nola, finished the regular season with his best start of the season, but it came after a half-season of general ineffectiveness and a half-season of recovering from an ankle injury and a fractured rib. That’s the bad news. The good news is the breakout season of Cristopher Sánchez — arguably his second consecutive one — that saw him become the biggest rival to Paul Skenes for this year’s NL Cy Young award. Ranger Suárez also put up career bests in innings, ERA, FIP, and WAR, and Jesús Luzardo rebounded to his 2023 performance. A five-game series with three off days gives the Phillies just about their optimal rotation, at least from among the healthy hurlers, as they shouldn’t need a fourth starter (probably Nola) until the NLCS if they get there, and shouldn’t need to go to either Taijuan Walker or Walker Buehler (signed August 31) at all. Phillies Rotation (Regular Season) Name Team G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA FIP ERA- WAR Cristopher Sánchez PHI 32 32 202 171 12 44 212 2.50 2.55 58 6.4 Ranger Suárez PHI 26 26 157 1/3 154 14 38 151 3.20 3.21 75 4.0 Jesús Luzardo PHI 32 32 183 2/3 167 16 57 216 3.92 2.90 92 5.3 Los Angeles is actually in a pretty good place in terms of rotation health, at least compared to its normal condition. Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are healthy, and though he didn’t make any appearances against the Reds, Tyler Glasnow was a bullpen option during the Wild Card series and could also grab a start in the Division Series. For the first time in a while, the Dodgers should be able to get through the postseason with four excellent starters. In fact, this year, they have a surplus of solid starting pitchers, as Clayton Kershaw in his farewell season and rookie Roki Sasaki, now back from injury, are expected to get high-leverage innings in relief. If I tell ZiPS to only look at the top three starting pitchers in these two rotations, the Phillies and Dodgers rank first and second, respectively, with a chasm before the Mariners. The Dodgers inch ahead in a seven-game series thanks to the superiority of their fourth-starter options, but I’d be lying if I said either team had an significant advantage here. Dodgers Rotation (Regular Season) Name Team G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA FIP ERA- WAR Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 30 30 173 2/3 113 14 59 201 2.49 2.94 59 5.0 Blake Snell LAD 11 11 61 1/3 51 3 26 72 2.35 2.70 56 1.9 Shohei Ohtani LAD 14 14 47 40 3 9 62 2.87 1.90 69 1.9 Tyler Glasnow LAD 18 18 90 1/3 56 10 43 106 3.19 3.76 76 1.6 Clayton Kershaw LAD 23 22 112 2/3 102 8 35 84 3.36 3.55 80 2.5 The Lineups The injured Will Smith was on the Wild Card Series roster, but he made no pinch-hitting appearances against the Reds, and he hasn’t caught a game in a month. Ben Rortvedt did the bulk of the catching down the stretch and in the two Wild Card games, and I don’t think there’s any way not to call this a massive downgrade. ZiPS sees this as a larger concern in the NLDS because all three of the Phillies starting pitchers are lefties. The Dodgers didn’t have a big platoon split during the season (5 points of OPS), but that’s because Smith was in the lineup, and ZiPS sees him as the second-best hitter against lefties on the team (a projected .798 OPS). Despite the drop-off from Smith to Rortvedt, ZiPS views the Dodgers are the second-best playoff team against southpaws, behind the Yankees, but in a tight matchup, small differences can make a major impact on the outcome of a series. Even without Smith starting, the Dodgers have a lineup with Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman, so the supporting cast would have to be absolutely atrocious to make this offense not scary. And this supporting cast is more than adequate, with outfielders Teoscar Hernández and Andy Pages, as well as third baseman Max Muncy, who continues to avoid the mid-30s offensive decline. Tommy Edman has his moments, and the Dodgers seem to have finally noticed that Michael Conforto no longer hits like a major leaguer. The team’s bench is solid, with Dalton Rushing much better than the typical third catcher on a roster, and plenty of opportunity to play platoons, especially with infielders Muncy and Miguel Rojas. Dodgers Offense (Regular Season) Name Team PA HR SB AVG OBP SLG WAR wRC+ Ben Rortvedt LAD 58 1 0 .224 .309 .327 0.2 83 Freddie Freeman LAD 627 24 6 .295 .367 .502 3.8 139 Tommy Edman LAD 377 13 3 .225 .274 .382 1.2 81 Max Muncy LAD 388 19 4 .243 .376 .470 2.9 137 Mookie Betts LAD 663 20 8 .258 .326 .406 3.4 104 Enrique Hernández LAD 256 10 0 .203 .255 .366 -0.1 70 Andy Pages LAD 624 27 14 .272 .313 .461 4.0 113 Teoscar Hernández LAD 546 25 5 .247 .284 .454 0.6 102 Shohei Ohtani LAD 727 55 20 .282 .392 .622 7.5 172 Name Team PA HR SB AVG OBP SLG WAR wRC+ Will Smith LAD 436 17 2 .296 .404 .497 4.1 153 Alex Call LAD 85 2 1 .247 .333 .384 0.1 103 Miguel Rojas LAD 317 7 5 .262 .318 .397 1.7 100 Hyeseong Kim LAD 170 3 13 .280 .314 .385 0.8 95 Dalton Rushing LAD 155 4 0 .204 .258 .324 -0.1 62 Justin Dean LAD 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -100 The Phillies have the front-end talent to contend with the Dodgers, but their depth is much weaker. Kyle Schwarber is an offensive beast who would have found home with the 1993 Phillies, and I doubt I have to trumpet the bonafides of Bryce Harper or Trea Turner. But J.T. Realmuto isn’t quite the player he was a few years ago, and both corner outfield spots (largely handled by Max Kepler and Nick Castellanos this season) ranked in the bottom third of the league in WAR. Center fielder Harrison Bader has excelled since coming over at the deadline from Minnesota, and his addition has provided the added benefit of sliding Brandon Marsh to left field, but there’s still a significant difference in the overall offensive projections. Notice I say overall here, because there’s some good news on the projection front: ZiPS sees the team disparity as mostly being against left-handed pitchers. Against righties, ZiPS has both teams as being projected to score 5.2 runs per game (against average pitching), but against lefties, it sees a 5.0 to 4.4 runs per game edge for the Dodgers. Three of the four Los Angeles starters expected to pitch throw right-handed, and as things are stand, the lone lefty, Snell, is lined up to only start once in this series, in Game 2, though because of the three off days in the series, he could start Game 5 on four days of rest. Those platoon splits are extreme enough that if I were Dave Roberts, I would do whatever is necessary to get Snell the ball two times if this series goes the distance. Phillies Offense (Regular Season) Name Team PA HR SB AVG OBP SLG WAR wRC+ J.T. Realmuto PHI 550 12 8 .257 .315 .384 2.1 94 Bryce Harper PHI 580 27 12 .261 .357 .487 3.5 131 Bryson Stott PHI 560 13 24 .257 .328 .391 3.1 100 Alec Bohm PHI 504 11 2 .287 .331 .409 1.7 105 Trea Turner PHI 639 15 36 .304 .355 .457 6.7 125 Brandon Marsh PHI 425 11 7 .280 .342 .443 2.4 116 Harrison Bader PHI 194 5 1 .305 .361 .463 1.2 129 Nick Castellanos PHI 589 17 4 .250 .294 .400 -0.6 90 Kyle Schwarber PHI 724 56 10 .240 .365 .563 4.9 152 Name Team PA HR SB AVG OBP SLG WAR wRC+ Edmundo Sosa PHI 261 11 1 .276 .307 .469 1.6 111 Otto Kemp PHI 218 8 2 .234 .298 .411 -0.2 95 Max Kepler PHI 474 18 3 .216 .300 .391 0.6 90 Weston Wilson PHI 125 5 2 .198 .282 .369 -0.4 81 Rafael Marchán PHI 118 2 0 .210 .282 .305 0.3 65 Garrett Stubbs PHI 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -100 The Bullpens It kind of feels like most of the relievers traded at the deadline didn’t actually work out, but the Phillies had one of the exceptions in Jhoan Duran. The top four in the Phillies bullpen (Duran, Matt Strahm, Orion Kerkering, David Robertson) is enough that ZiPS thinks that this is the best bullpen in baseball right now, even without José Alvarado (who would be disqualified from the postseason if he were healthy). Basically, any reliever that Philadelphia is likely to use over the next week projects as above average, even Buehler if he’s on the roster and used in relief. Phillies Bullpen (Regular Season) Name Team G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA FIP ERA- WAR Jhoan Duran PHI 23 0 20.2 18 2 1 27 2.18 1.93 51 0.9 Matt Strahm PHI 66 0 62.1 47 5 20 70 2.74 2.99 64 1.5 David Robertson PHI 20 0 17.2 18 4 8 22 4.08 4.95 95 -0.1 Orion Kerkering PHI 69 0 60.0 55 6 27 65 3.30 3.82 77 0.7 Tanner Banks PHI 69 1 67.1 56 9 12 61 3.07 3.64 72 0.8 Lou Trivino PHI 10 0 9.0 6 0 5 8 2.00 3.36 47 0.1 Tim Mayza PHI 8 0 7.1 8 1 4 7 4.91 5.05 115 0.0 Taijuan Walker PHI 34 21 123.2 132 21 42 86 4.08 5.07 95 0.5 I’d argue that the bullpen injuries are more consequential for the Dodgers than their starter injuries right now, though the return of Sasaki and the ability to have extra starters in the pen mitigates this to some degree. I’m not as bullish on a Tanner Scott rebound as some are (including the projections) given the drop-off in his strikeout rate the last few years, but when you add in Blake Treinen, Alex Vesia, Sasaki, the spare starters, and the surprisingly solid Jack Dreyer, it’s still a very good group, even if it’s a hair behind the Phillies and scares the crap out of Dodgers fans on a nightly basis. Dodgers Bullpen (Regular Season) Name Team G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA FIP ERA- WAR Tanner Scott LAD 61 0 57.0 54 11 18 60 4.74 4.70 113 0.0 Blake Treinen LAD 32 0 26.2 30 4 19 36 5.40 4.75 129 -0.1 Roki Sasaki LAD 10 8 36.1 30 6 22 28 4.46 5.81 106 -0.1 Alex Vesia LAD 68 0 59.2 37 9 22 80 3.02 3.77 72 1.0 Edgardo Henriquez LAD 22 0 19.0 17 2 5 18 2.37 3.40 57 0.3 Jack Dreyer LAD 67 5 76.1 56 4 24 74 2.95 2.82 70 1.7 Justin Wrobleski LAD 24 2 66.2 65 6 17 76 4.32 2.93 103 1.5 Emmet Sheehan LAD 15 12 73.1 49 7 22 89 2.82 2.93 67 2.1 The Projection I went with two different scenarios here, based on how the Dodgers use their rotation. ZiPS Projection – Phillies vs. Dodgers NLDS (Ohtani-Snell-Yamamoto-Glasnow-Ohtani) Team Win in Three Win in Four Win in Five Victory Phillies 10.5% 17.6% 19.5% 47.6% Dodgers 14.3% 20.0% 18.0% 52.4% ZiPS Projection – Phillies vs. Dodgers NLDS (Ohtani-Snell-Yamamoto-Ohtani-Snell) Team Win in Three Win in Four Win in Five Victory Phillies 10.5% 17.8% 17.3% 45.6% Dodgers 14.3% 19.8% 20.3% 54.4% While it’s only a few percentage points, the scenarios in which Snell gets two starts are the optimized ones, at least according to ZiPS. In any case, the projections suggest a small, but consistent edge for the Dodgers, with their slight offensive advantage outweighing a slight bullpen disadvantage and the Phillies’ getting home field advantage. We’re not going to settle any sandwich debates in the next week, but we will find out which one of these teams will go home hungry, with the bitter aftertaste of an early postseason elimination. Source View the full article

Now that the season is over, we’ll start seeing several players choose to become minor league free agents. Major League free agents (i.e. players with six-plus years of big league service time) will hit the open market five days after the end of the World Series, but eligible minor leaguers can already start electing free agency. To qualify, these players must have been all outrighted off their team’s 40-man rosters during the 2025 season without being added back. These players also must have multiple career outrights on their resume, and/or at least three years of Major League service time. We’ll offer periodic updates over the coming weeks about many other players hitting the market in this fashion. These free agent decisions are all listed on the official MLB.com or MILB.com transactions pages, for further reference. Catchers Jason Delay (Braves) José Herrera (Diamondbacks) Infielders Jacob Amaya (White Sox) Trenton Brooks (Padres) Zack Short (Astros) Outfielder Sam Hilliard (Rockies) Pitchers Luarbert Árias (Marlins) Luis Castillo (Orioles) Mike Clevinger (White Sox) Chris Devenski (Mets) Joe Jacques (Mariners) Tyson Miller (Cubs) José Quijada (Angels) Jake Woodford (Diamondbacks) Photo courtesy of Gregory Fisher, Imagn Images View the full article

Photo Credit: Marvel Studios / Disney Plus Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 isn’t out yet, but the folks at Marvel Studios are already getting ready to work on its third season. What’s the major Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 update? Speaking to IGN, Daredevil: Born Again writer Jesse Wigutow revealed that Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 will begin gathering its writer’s room “next week,” to begin working on the planned third season for the show. Of course, very little is known about the third season of Born Again. The second season of the show still has yet to premiere. That will arrive next year in March, and little is known about the upcoming season of that as well. The new season will reportedly pick up where the first one ended, and is also rumored to include the return of Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Danny Rand (also known as Iron Fist) in a potential reunion of The Defenders. In addition to Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, and the previously confirmed Krysten Ritter, the cast of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 includes Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Wilson Bethel as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter/Bullseye, Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie, Genneya Walton as BB Urich, Clark Johnson as Cherry, Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake, Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk, Matthew Lillard, and more. (Source: IGN) Originally reported by Anthony Nash on SuperHeroHype. The post Daredevil: Born Again Gets Some Good News Follow MCU Show’s Season 3 Renewal appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

(Photo Credit: Apple TV+) Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jason Bateman has entered negotiations to direct Universal Pictures’ upcoming film adaptation of The Partner, based on John Grisham‘s bestselling 1997 novel of the same name. The project is being produced by Marvel vet Tom Holland and brother Harry Holland through their Billy17 production banner. The Spider-Man actor is also currently in talks to play the leading role of Patrick Lanigan. Per Deadline, should Bateman’s deal push through, the Ozark actor will also serve as an executive producer for Aggregate Films. This would mark Bateman’s first directorial feature in a long while, after 2013’s Bad Words and 2015’s The Family Fang. What do we know about Tom Holland’s The Partner movie? “The story follows Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a white shoe Biloxi law firm who fakes his own death in a burning car. He’s left behind a wife, newborn daughter, and a secret,” reads the synopsis. “What he’s actually done is fake his death to create a template for a new life by stealing $90 million from a client of his crooked law firm. He finds happiness and love in South America. When the client, who worked so hard to defraud the government, finds the money is missing from his offshore accounts, he becomes determined to hunt down the lawyer he doesn’t believe is dead. That leads the attorney to have to turn himself in to the FBI and face up to the wife, child, and life he left behind.” The Partner movie will be written by The Imitation Game scribe Graham Moore. It will also be produced by Will South and Jonathan Eirich, along with Aggregate Films’ Michael Costigan. Executive producers are Grisham, Nick Reynolds, and David Gernert. Rideback acquired the rights to the novel after the project was originally set up at New Regency. Universal Pictures executives Ryan Jones and Jacqueline Garell are overseeing the project on behalf of the studio. Holland will next be seen starring in his Christopher Nolan movie The Odyssey, with Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and fiancée Zendaya. At the moment, he’s currently in production for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which will arrive in theaters on July 31, 2026. Besides The Partner, Holland is also attached to star opposite Austin Butler in the sports drama movie American Speed. (Source: Deadline) The post Tom Holland Thriller Movie The Partner Taps Beloved Actor to Direct appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article