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After the Rays were swept out of the postseason by the Rangers on Wednesday, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said the team could have had a better finish even with its injury issues.

After letting the AL West division title slip away on the final day of the regular season, the Rangers beat the Rays 7-1 to finish a two-game AL Wild Card Series sweep. The next stop is Baltimore.

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno has left Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series at Milwaukee after he was struck by a backswing.

ALDS Game 1 between the Rangers and Orioles at Camden Yards is schedule for 1 p.m. ET Saturday, just hours before the Stevie Nicks-Billy Joel concert next door.

Padres manager Bob Melvin will return in 2024 after a "frustrating and disappointing" 82-80 season without a playoff berth, GM A.J. Preller said.

Diamondbacks outfielder Jake McCarthy will need "weeks" to recover from a strained oblique that happened while taking batting practice Tuesday.

Four teams are fighting for their playoff lives on Day 2 of the wild-card series. We've got it all covered for you.

The New York Mets were awarded a 1-0 win over the Marlins in the game suspended by rain on Sept. 28, with Miami's two-run rally in the ninth voided because the inning was not completed.

Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen, whose moves helped the team make the playoffs for the first time since 2017, is signed through 2028, according to reports.

Change isn't easy, especially in a game stepped in tradition like baseball. But as Scott Van Pelt writes, MLB has benefited from one simple tweak.

Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said he doesn't necessarily believe going out and signing high-profile free agents is the answer to make Seattle better than the other clubs in the AL West.

Arizona veteran Evan Longoria made a lunging, tumbling fifth-inning grab of a line drive that seemed ticketed for left field, snuffing a bases-loaded Milwaukee rally en route to the Diamondbacks' 6-3 win over the Brewers in Game 1 on Tuesday.

Nick Castellanos said he wasn't flashing the middle finger at second base Tuesday night, as many thought when it happened. Instead, he was showing the ring finger to his teammates. "That's why we're here."

The AL Wild Card Series opener between the Rangers and Rays drew just 19,704 fans to Tropicana Field on Tuesday, the lowest for a postseason game since the 1919 World Series other than during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two days after the season ended, San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado, 31, underwent surgery to repair a right extensor tendon on Tuesday, the team announced, a procedure performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.

The Twins snapped their record 18-game playoff losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the AL wild card series. Said Game 1 pitching star Pablo Lopez: "The way I see it now, we have a new streak going."

General manager Perry Minasian took the blame for the Angels disappointing season, saying fired manager Phil Nevin was not the only one to blame.

Arizona designated hitter Tommy Pham said he would "probably get an injection" for turf toe prior to Game 1 of the NL wild-card series vs. Milwaukee.

The mother of Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena, who flew in from Mexico to watch her son play in the major leagues for the first time, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Tampa Bay played the Rangers in Game 1 of their AL Wild Card Series.

After contending for a playoff spot, Cubs president Jed Hoyer said he's pleased by the team's season and sees better days ahead.