Good morning everybody! The Division Series ends today with the Astros and Rays facing off for the final spot in the ALCS. Meanwhile, here’s what we’ve got stirred up for you today.
In playoff news...
- The Braves didn’t even stand a chance last night as the Cardinals took a 10-0 edge in the first inning en route to a 13-1 clobbering to secure a spot in the NLCS.
- The Nationals won a tumultuous contest that saw them score six runs unanswered at the end of the game to win 7-3 over the Dodgers in extra innings, moving to the NLCS.
In Mariners news...
- Corey Brock at The Athletic discussed Shed Long’s future in Seattle. ($)
- Baseball Prospectus wrote up a number of prospects, including the M’s Sam Delaplane.
- Jarred Kelenic was mic’d up in the Arizona Fall League.
- After having his season cut short, Jake Fraley is ready to get back to work in 2020.
Around the league...
- I’m guessing this was decided beforehand, but it’s certainly odd timing: Brian McCann decided to call it a career just minutes after the final out was made in the Braves-Cardinals game.
- I feel like we don’t see enough cross-sport athlete friendships.
#BoltUp RB Melvin Gordon has a great message for #LABleedsBlue & rookie Gavin Lux & talks about recent @lids commercial pic.twitter.com/2ZwxK5pt6g
— NICK HAMILTON (@NickHamiltonLA) October 9, 2019
- The Twins have exercised their option on Nelson Cruz.
- Bartolo Colón is writing an autobiography titled “Big Sexy.”
- Learn a little bit more about Christian Yelich.
.@Brewers outfielder @ChristianYelich shares the 10 things he can't travel without pic.twitter.com/vK6YTr1f1p
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) October 9, 2019
- Rays first baseman Ji-Man Choi has caught baseball by storm in the postseason. Ben Clemens at Fangraphs breaks down his charm.
- Audrey Stark at Fangraphs looked into baseball’s longest-lasting pairs of teammates.
Anders’ picks...
- This is pretty fascinating.
Someone just punked Alex Trebek and that someone must now be executed. https://t.co/OXDEmY9MML https://t.co/XYTI2UzI9I
— Dan Nguyen (@dancow) October 9, 2019