4:12 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. CLEVELAND — In this coronavirus-shortened season, dubbed by many a 60-game sprint, the New York Yankees are playing the long game. The mantra of the Yankees has been very clear: World Series or bust. Therefore, when asked why all

7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff The MLB playoffs frenzy turns up the heat Thursday with five (count ’em, five) elimination games. We’ve already said goodbye to the Twins, Blue Jays and Indians, and either the White Sox or A’s will be kicked off the American League island. In the National League, the Reds, Cubs, Padres

6:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Miami Marlins center fielder Starling Marte had his left hand broken by a fastball in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The team says Marte has a non-displaced fracture of his fifth metacarpal — the bone that leads into the pinkie

9:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Milwaukee Brewers, still scrambling after the sudden loss of ace Corbin Burnes, will start left-hander Brent Suter in Game 1 of the team’s National League wild-card series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. Brewers manager Craig Counsell wouldn’t specify parameters for Suter — “The parameters are

10:31 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB playoffs began Tuesday with four American League Wild Card Series. Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees won the main event in a blowout against Shane Bieber and the Cleveland Indians. The Houston Astros, who finished the 2020 season with a losing record, topped the Minnesota Twins

7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Someone asked about the best thing I saw in the 2020 Major League Baseball regular season, and my answer was baseball. Not a titanic Ronald Acuna Jr. home run or a dazzling

12:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie left-hander Shane McClanahan was a surprise addition to the 28-man roster the Tampa Bay Rays announced for the AL first-round series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. McClanahan was a first-round pick in the amateur draft two years ago who pitched at Class A

4:46 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. CLEVELAND — Although the New York Yankees have not finalized their roster for the start of the wild-card round, which they have to submit to Major League Baseball on Tuesday morning, one major decision was made: Backup Kyle Higashioka

8:00 AM ET With the MLB postseason here and Hispanic Heritage Month underway, ESPN found the timing ideal to tackle one of the bigger debates among one section of baseball’s fandom: With so many superstar candidates, which one is most worthy of being labeled the current Face of Latino Baseball? Our friends at ESPN Deportes

12:55 PM ET The Washington Nationals did not make it into this year’s MLB playoffs, so Major League Baseball will crown a different team as champion in 2020. Can the Los Angeles Dodgers get over the final hurdle and take home their first championship since 1988? Or could the Tampa Bay Rays win their first