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Astros News
- ALDS Game 1 is tomorrow at 3 CT and here’s a quick rundown for the series (Astros.com)
- When you look at the Astros and White Sox side by side, who has the bigger advantage at each position? (The Athletic, $$$)
- But what that preview doesn’t cover is the rivalry that has grown up around managers Dusty Baker and Tony La Russa (CBS Sports)
- The Houston chapter of the BBWA has handed out their season awards, with LMJ and Correa snagging some top honors (Astros.com)
- Speaking of Correa, the real question surrounding him is whether or not this is his last October run in an Astros uniform (Houston Chronicle)
- So might as well take some time and appreciate some of his favorite home runs of postseason past (Astros.com)
Around the League
- The Red Sox sent the Yankees home for the season after a Wild Card game that they were in control of from Pitch 1 (MLB.com)
- Boston’s control did waver in the 6th though, but the Yankees’ poor baserunning took care of that (MLB.com)
- And with that, an imperfect Red Sox team moves on to the ALDS to face the Rays (FanGraphs)
- Meanwhile, the Yankees are left to spend a winter stoically staring off into the middle distance and pondering what exactly went wrong (MLB.com)
- The Dodgers have their own date with destiny tonight, but they’ll have to do it without Max Muncy or Clayton Kershaw, who are both riding the pine with injuries (ESPN)
- In spite of the fact that I don’t like either team, hearing an October crowd cheering for postseason baseball again was divine (ESPN)
- Let’s have a look at the odds for each matchup we could see in the 2021 World Series (538 Sports)
- The Rays have their fingerprints all over this year’s postseason teams (Twitter - Jon Morosi)