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Good morning everyone! We have officially entered the month of October. Pretty crazy, huh? Let’s get you latest from around baseball on this Thursday morning.
In Mariners news...
- Ryan Divish at The Seattle Times previews the offseason for Seattle and sets the stage for 2021.
- This comes as little surprise, but it appears Mallex Smith will be testing the free agent waters.
Unconfirmed from other sources, but according to the Pacific Coast League transactions page, Mallex Smith has elected free agency. https://t.co/1kQMU66oDk pic.twitter.com/hKnExFu4DU
— Joe Veyera (@JoeVeyera) September 30, 2020
Around the league...
- Another record broken in a wild year.
Alex Kirilloff is set to make his major league debut today. He makes the start in RF. Congrats Alex!
— Dustin Morse (@morsecode) September 30, 2020
First player in major league history to make his debut by starting in a postseason game. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/YPTKjZOQpz
- It hasn’t all been good for the Twins though. With the Astros 3-1 win yesterday that eliminated Minnesota from the playoffs, they’ve now lost 18 consecutive postseason games.
- Speaking of the Twins, Nelson Cruz hopes to stick around in Minnesota.
- Some big blows to the Padres in their first postseason series.
Neither Mike Clevinger nor Dinelson Lamet is on the Padres' wild card roster. Both are on the taxi squad -- along with MacKenzie Gore, the best left-handed pitching prospect in baseball.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 30, 2020
Padres will turn to Chris Paddack in Game 1 and presumably Zach Davies in Game 2.
- The Texas Rangers ownership group is growing irritated with the front office for not producing on-field results yet.
- Carlos Correa seems to think that people will now like the Astros because they’ve won.
Carlos Correa has a message for the haters pic.twitter.com/9Y94ic8cXh
— Adam Spolane (@AdamSpolane) September 30, 2020