MLB division series: Lineups, analysis from NLDS Game 4s - ESPN
It's time for a pair of a Game 4s in the National League Division Series after the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies avoided getting swept out of the MLB playoffs.
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Dodgers Reliever Tanner Scott Removed From NLDS Roster Due to Illness
Reliever Tanner Scott has been removed from the Los Angeles Dodgers' roster for the remainder of the NL Division Series because of an illness.
Kershaw roughed up in relief as Dodgers drop Game 3 of NLDS - ESPN
LOS ANGELES — Tanner Scott was absent for what was later described as a personal matter, two other left-handed relievers had already been used, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn't want to use his three best relievers — two of them converted starting pitchers — in a deficit.
MLB playoffs: How Roki Sasaki became Dodgers' 100 mph reliever - ESPN
PHILADELPHIA — Halfway across the world, Roki Sasaki had a secret admirer. In 2021, his first season in Nippon Professional Baseball, the Chiba Lotte Marines' teenaged phenom regularly blew triple-digit fastballs by hitters and complemented them with a split-fingered fastball that behaved like a high-velocity knuckleball. Once a week, new videos of Sasaki's latest start would find their way onto social media, and when they did, Rob Hill would consume them with equal parts appreciation and awe.
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani To Make Postseason Pitching Debut in Game 1 of NLDS
Shohei Ohtani will make his postseason pitching debut when he starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
Dodgers will leave Clayton Kershaw off wild-card roster - ESPN
SEATTLE — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who will start Sunday's regular-season finale against the Seattle Mariners, will be left off manager Dave Roberts' roster for the NL Wild Card Series.
Ohtani homers, Dodgers clinch 12th NL West title in 13 years - ESPN
PHOENIX — As the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their 12th National League West title in 13 years, Clayton Kershaw thought about participating in a division championship for the final time.
Dodgers' Roki Sasaki activated, likely to pitch out of bullpen - ESPN
PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Dodgers activated rookie Roki Sasaki from the 60-day injured list Wednesday, and the right-hander is expected to throw out of the bullpen over the final five games of the regular season to see if he can earn a postseason role.