MLB - NEWS & NOTES

Both winners on Friday, the Blue Jays and Royals enter play Saturday tied at 93 wins, with Toronto holding the tiebreaker for home field throughout the postseason. A half-game back of the Dodgers, the Mets can secure home-field advantage in the NL Division Series with a doubleheader sweep against the Nationals and a Los Angeles loss to the Padres.

The location of both Wild Card Games can also be determined Saturday. A Yankees win or an Astros loss assures the AL's one-game playoff will be held at Yankee Stadium, while a Pirates win or a Cubs loss brings the NL Wild Card Game in Pittsburgh. If the Pirates and Cubs finish tied, the game will be at Wrigley Field due to Chicago's 11-8 record vs. the Bucs in head-to-head meetings this season.

 

Twins were eliminated from playoff contention today.

KC clinches Central.

 

Cole for the Pirates has been named starter against the Cubs.

 

Glad you posted that will. I was wondering who was going to start the WC game? Who is starting for the Cubs?

 

I would congratulate Scherzer except he believes in the DH role. Bob Walk can't stand the DH rule in the A.L. And Wainwright doesn't believe in it either. Wainwright believes a guy shouldn't be sitting on the bench the whole game without hitting. Thats the way the game was meant to be played. And for the kids to learn how to play the right way also......

 

Im happy for Max regardless of Walk's, Waino's or Iggy's opinion based on the DH thing. You dont like it... i do... the end. (period)

Teaching children how to play baseball correctly has nothing to do with the DH debate.

I have been around baseball my entire life as a player, a coach and even an umpire... never was there any instructional attempts at teach kids how to ride the pine and be a DH. lol and wtf.

 

Scherzer with 2 no-hitters in one season hasn't been done since 1973 when Nolan Ryan did it (42 years)......

 

JUST IN: The Nationals have fired manager Matt Williams. Williams was 179-145 in two seasons.

 

i'm guessing it was for making max bat instead of DHing for him.

 

regular season. doc halladay for the phillies had 2 in the same year but 1 in regular season and 1 in the postseason!

 

how's that world series washington? hahahaha

 

really. wow. i thought those days of 300 k's were over. as a kid, steve carlton and nolan ryan use to reach that total and i think randy johnson and curt schilling reached it too. maybe pedro too...

nice.

 

CC Sabathia missing the postseason because he is entering alcohol rehab.

 

Good for CC. I bet when he gets out and has been off the stuff, he just might regain some of that previous form.

 

glad to see CC get help....

admitting you have a problem is the first step...

 

Well, we all know Max likes the DH. But I think most fans of the NL and most fans of the AL disagree on which is better.....