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Astros News
- The Astros are on their way back to the ALCS after slapping down the White Sox 10-1 in Game 4 of the ALDS (Astros.com)
- But it didn’t come without a little bit of pain as Lance McCullers had to exit early with “forearm discomfort” (Astros.com)
- Jake Meyers also had an early exit after hurting his shoulder while crashing into the wall in an attempt to rob a homer (MLB Trade Rumors)
- This ALDS saw some Astros players joining elite postseason company, starting with Jose Altuve climbing up the October homers list (Astros.com)
- Meanwhile Carlos Correa has joined Albert Pujols as the postseason RBI leaders among active players (Astros.com)
- This ALDS reminded the world that the Astros are no easy meat when it comes to October baseball (The Athletic, $$$)
- It also showed the world how classless White Sox fans are (Houston Chronicle)
- It was particularly rich to see La Russa questioning the character of the Astros after a whole series of whining and cheering for injuries from Chicago (Yahoo! Sports)
- Correa’s comments about all the crying coming from the White Sox pretty much says it all (Twitter - FOX Sports)
- But at the end of the day, no matter what you say, the Astros in the ALCS has become an inevitability (Bleacher Report)
- Anyways, on to the ALCS, and you can get a primer of Game 1 right here (MLB.com)
- And to help you get hyped, there will be a postseason celebration outside of Minute Maid Park today (KHOU 11)
Around the League
- There was magic in Atlanta last night as Freddie Freeman hit a late-game homer to send the Braves to the NLCS for the second consecutive year (MLB.com)
- And a lot of that magic came from a defensive turnaround by Atlanta (MLB.com)
- Meanwhile, the other NLDS will need one more game as the Dodgers were able to fend off elimination and force a Game 5 tomorrow night (MLB.com)
- And you can expect postseason phenom Gavin Lux to be in the mix for LA (MLB.com)
- The Yankees are considering rolling with Boone again as ownership is blaming their season on underperforming players more than mismanagement (ESPN)
- The Qualifying Offer for this year’s offseason has been set at $18.4M (MLB Trade Rumors)