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2022 MLB playoffs: ranking the title contenders from first to worst

Will an expanded Wild Card round lead to an unexpected upset or will one of the established baseball juggernauts emerge as the World Series winners?

The Guardian - US

Helene Elliott: Perry Minasian has work to do to make Angels postseason bound next season

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Perry Minasian didn’t have to delve into analytics to explain the Angels’ failures this season and answer the question that perennially hangs over them:

Los Angeles Times

Man walks free over Xmas day killing

Hudson Martin has been acquitted of manslaughter by a Supreme Court jury, after he fatally hit a Victorian grandfather with a baseball bat on Christmas Day.

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How will the Phillies’ Zack Wheeler react to the playoff stage? His former coach knows.

ST. LOUIS — In bracing for his first career postseason start, Zack Wheeler recounted his most nerve-racking moments on a baseball field. He thought about the 2012 Futures Game in Kansas City and the 2021 All-Star Game in Denver. He remembered the pterodactyls churning in his stomach, the pounding in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bryce Miller: Showalter's history with Manny Machado, Bob Melvin spice up wild-card opener

Buck Showalter thinks the mission involved the short-season Aberdeen IronBirds. He sent former Orioles star and coach Brady Anderson on a stealthy operation to see teenager Manny Machado do a few laps with the under-the-radar farm club.

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Buck Showalter, Mets face new challenge in wild-card series

NEW YORK — Buck Showalter has managed in a myriad of situations throughout his 21-year major league managerial career. When the Mets skipper takes the field Friday night in the NL wild-card series, he’ll look over in the dugout and see an opposing manager that he once managed (Bob Melvin)…

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Matt Calkins: End of Mariners' playoff drought never in doubt for always-positive Rick Rizzs

SEATTLE — On a scale of 1 to Rick Rizzs, how much joy did you feel Friday when Cal Raleigh clinched a playoff berth for the Mariners?

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Baseball Players LOVE Their Playoff Merch

Only slightly less coveted than the postseason berth itself, the highly anticipated playoff paraphernalia is an MLB “rite of passage.”

Sports Illustrated

Bill Shaikin: Forget Frick. Time to put Vin Scully's name on this award.

LOS ANGELES — The postseason won't be the same without Vin Scully. The last time we had one without him, "the postseason" was simply called "the World Series," won by the most celebrated team in baseball history: the 1927 New York Yankees.

Los Angeles Times

The Orioles and their fans set sights on 2023 playoffs, although dueling Angelos family lawsuits cloud offseason forecast

The Major League Baseball playoffs begin this weekend. Next year, Orioles fans expect their team to be in them.

Tribune News Service

Secret sauce to Rays’ success? A culture club

CLEVELAND — Catcher Christian Bethancourt didn’t need long after his trade from Oakland in early July to get a sense of why the Rays have been so successful, making the playoffs for a fourth straight season.

Tribune News Service

Who were the Cubs’ MVP, ROY, MIP, etc. in the 2022 season?

The Sun-Times gives out end-of-season awards to the 74-88 Cubs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Three Things That Will Decide the Mets–Padres Wild-Card Series

The matchup between No. 3 New York and No. 6 San Diego will come down to the production each team gets from its stars.

Sports Illustrated

Boosted by Judge, Yankees' YES Network viewers increase 27%

Boosted by Aaron Judge’s pursuit of Roger Maris’ American League home run record, Yankees games on the team’s YES Network averaged 368,000 viewers in the New York market this year, up 27% from 2021 and the most in 11 seasons

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Ron Cook: Terry Francona is riding high after 'one of the best managing jobs in the history of baseball'

So what does the baseball world think of the job Terry Francona did managing the low-budget Cleveland Guardians to another American League Central division title and a wild-card matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday afternoon?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: Capturing the importance of John Mozeliak's deadline moves for Cardinals

John Mozeliak, who is forever the architect of a World Series champion, annually builds a team that contends for the playoffs.

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Sam McDowell: The Royals fired Mike Matheny. To fix 97 losses, they’ll need to change more than that.

A statistic popped into my Twitter feed late Wednesday, though not as late as the Royals were sending out tweets, and it caught my attention.

Sports Illustrated

Three Things That Will Decide the Blue Jays–Mariners Wild-Card Series

The American League’s top two wild-card teams are set to face off in a series that could feature a whole lot of home runs.

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Which Padres offense shows up could be difference in playoffs

The Padres offense could suddenly become what it was expected to be.

Los Angeles Times

Is a World Series title the Dodgers' only definition of success? It depends who you ask.

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw wasn't sure how to answer the question.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox one of MLB’s few teams to see hike in attendance since 2019; Cubs dip sharply

Sox, who were primed for a deep postseason run entering 2022, were one of the few teams to draw more fans than pre-pandemic levels.

Sports Illustrated

Three Things That Will Decide the Cardinals-Phillies Wild-Card Series

Who will come out on top between No. 3 St. Louis and No. 6 Philadelphia? Let’s break down the deciding factors in Friday’s first NL Wild Card Series matchup.

Sports Illustrated

Rafael Devers Trade ’Not on Radar,’ Red Sox’s Bloom Says

The two-time All-Star is set to become a free agent after the 2023 season.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox year in review: It wasn’t pretty

The tragic tale of the 2022 White Sox began last October when the Astros exposed them in the ALDS, leaving no doubt where the Sox stood in baseball’s hierarchy of teams.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Dodgers falling short of a World Series title would be one of the biggest letdowns in sports

After a historical season, anything less than a title would be a major disappointment.

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