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Good morning everyone! We’ve got one game of the World Series in the books. Here’s what else you need to know today.
In playoff news...
- The Nationals tagged up Gerrit Cole and managed to sneak out a 5-4 victory in the first game of the World Series.
In Mariners news...
- Greg Johns wonders where King Félix will go from here.
- Some sad minors updates...
20 minor leaguers have been released. pic.twitter.com/BXA9sTaZog
— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) October 22, 2019
- Corey Brock at The Athletic talked to Mariners prospects about their experience at the high-performance camp. ($)
Around the league...
- Fascinating that they’ve done so well in spite of this.
This is skewed because of AL/NL (except, good lord, Cleveland), and I am not attempting to unskew it. You should just know how bunty this is going to get. pic.twitter.com/IObWVhlj9B
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 23, 2019
- Health advice from the legend himself...
17-year veteran Fernando Rodney's health advice: "Psh, I don't know. I eat a lot of rice and beans."
— Hunter Atkins (@HunterAtkins35) October 21, 2019
- The Mets managerial search could get interesting.
One person connected to team has said a “bombshell candidate” is in the mix if a clear favorite does not emerge from the current group. Have fun with that one. No way David Wright would ever do this so don’t go down that road btw
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) October 22, 2019
- In slightly related news...
Carlos “Bombshell a few weeks ago but now a known candidate” Beltran will have his Mets callback interview later this week, likely Friday, per sources
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) October 22, 2019
- Jeff Passan gave his take on the nightmare going on with the Astros.
- Wow, this is super neat.
Inside the corridors of Howard University Hospital are markers noting where the batter’s box and home plate sat in Griffith Stadium — site of the last World Series held in Washington. #STAYINTHEFIGHT pic.twitter.com/cV1QKhmXSc
— Drew Hansen (@Drubaru) October 21, 2019
- The New York Times released a cool feature (with visuals!) on how baseball markets itself compared to other sports.
- The New York Post is reporting that Mickey Callaway may join Joe Maddon with the Angels.
- Eric Stephen stacked Justin Verlander/Gerrit Cole up against other great pitching tandems in baseball history.
- Sam Miller at ESPN did his yearly ranking of all 50 players in the World Series.
- The Cubs have reportedly gone internal for their next manager, hiring former catcher David Ross over Joe Espada, their runner-up candidate and the Astros current bench coach.
Cubs are hiring David Ross for manager
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) October 23, 2019