9:34 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Johnny Cueto is not on the San Francisco Giants‘ roster for the NL Division Series as manager Gabe Kapler went with his established bullpen after the right-hander missed time through the season with elbow troubles. San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt is sidelined by a broken left

8:21 AM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host The San Francisco Giants, who had the best record in the majors after entering the season as 100-1 long shots to win the World Series, have their sights set on another unique distinction: sportsbook crusher, as

11:22 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a ticket broker of allegedly bilking the Chicago White Sox out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by fraudulently selling tickets to the team’s games with the help of two White Sox ticket sellers. After a four-day trial, the jury in Chicago convicted

Oct 7, 2021 LOS ANGELES — As Wednesday’s National League Wild Card Game progressed and the score remained knotted, a singular thought began to gain momentum in the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ dugout — in the bottom of the ninth, with the St. Louis Cardinals on the other side. “We all thought Albert [Pujols] was gonna

7:25 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb will start for the San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of their National League Division Series on Friday night against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Fellow right-hander and 14-game winner Kevin Gausman will go Saturday night in Game 2 for the NL West champions, having

3:53 PM ET The Chicago White Sox are hopeful the reigning AL MVP, Jose Abreu, will be available to them in Game 1 of their division series against the Houston Astros on Thursday. Abreu, 34, has been ill since the weekend and didn’t travel with the team to Houston on Tuesday. He’ll be a game-day

4:26 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball is finalizing a policy that will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for minor league players for the 2022 season. While the league could face legal challenges in requiring vaccination for major leaguers without the cooperation of the players association, minor leaguers are not included in the big league union.

1:53 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are planning to keep manager David Ross around for the foreseeable future, Jed Hoyer, the team’s president of baseball operations, reiterated Wednesday. With Ross entering the final year of his contract in 2022, Hoyer indicated that talks for an extension are ongoing. “David has done a fantastic

7:00 AM ET The MLB playoffs are upon us. How ready are you for the postseason action? After a sprint to the finish that saw the final American League wild-card spot decided on the final day of the regular season, the 10 teams chasing World Series glory this October are set with the San Francisco

8:22 PM ET Associated Press BASTROP, Texas — Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100. The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-1982, said he died Monday night at