There are only a handful of games left in the season. Here's the hottest news as things start to get interesting:
- The Mariners have released Triple-A reliever Todd Coffey.
- Corey Hart spoke to Bob Dutton of The News Tribune about his expectations for the rest of the season.
- Ichiro came clean about his history of talking trash in Spanish.
- Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs looks at Mike Zunino's unusual place in history.
- Yu Darvish has been shut down for the remainder of the season.
- Ron Washington has resigned from his role as Rangers' manager, but vows that he will be back.
- August Fagerstrom at Fangraphs tries to figure out what Billy Beane's roster construction plan was now that the team has acquired Adam Dunn.
- Melky Cabrera is out for the season.
- Bad news for the Royals' playoff hopes as Danny Duffy left yesterday's game with shoulder soreness.
- Should the Tigers bench Miguel Cabrera? Bless You Boys answers this.
- Grant Brisbee looks at which organizations have bleak futures ahead of them.
- Mike Petriello of Fangraphs wonders what the Phillies can do to improve this offseason.
- Tony Blengino at Fangraphs thinks the Cubs' offense could be pretty scary soon.
- Beyond the Box Score offers a solution to determining home field advantage in the World Series.
- The Diamondbacks will be on the search for a new GM after firing Kevin Towers.
- Following Towers' firing, the internet went to work and vandalized his Wikipedia page.