12:34 PM ET NEW YORK — When the New York Yankees announced their wild-card game roster Wednesday morning, Greg Bird, a 25-year-old first baseman long considered one of the organization’s most promising rising stars, was left off it. Instead, the Yankees will be going with trade-deadline acquisition Luke Voit at first base against the Oakland
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7:24 AM ET It truly will be a battle of small market versus big market when the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees square off in the Bronx. New York entered the season with a $166 million payroll while the Athletics, at $66 million, are the first team in 30 years to make the playoffs
9:00 AM ET NEW YORK — As he prepared to manage his first winner-take-all elimination game, New York Yankees skipper Aaron Boone recalled an all-or-nothing night from his time as a player. The day after the 1999 regular season ended, Boone took the field in the National League wild-card tiebreaker, playing third base and batting
8:00 AM ET The Oakland Athletics are aware of the public perception entering their wild-card game against the New York Yankees. They’re a nice little team with baseball’s lowest payroll, with a home park a notch or two below decrepit and a bunch of players who could walk through any airport in America without being
4:09 AM ET CHICAGO — After it was over, the Chicago Cubs were more disappointed than stunned that their season came to a close, after scoring only a single run in their 2-1 defeat in 13 innings to the Colorado Rockies in the National League wild-card game on Tuesday. With a one-and-done game that didn’t
10:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers begin the playoffs on Thursday, and Clayton Kershaw will not be on the mound for them. Welcome to October, when it takes talent and some postseason magic to win it all. We break down every roster to see who has the right Fall Classic formula.
6:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is opening October by blasting the game’s so-called “unwritten rules.” MLB released an advertisement ahead of Tuesday’s postseason opener denouncing the anti-bat flip attitudes of many baseball traditionalists. “Don’t stop and stare. Don’t flip your bat. Respect the jersey,” says a narrator at the
5:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s average attendance dropped 4 percent to 28,830, its lowest since 2003 after 14 consecutive seasons topping 30,000, and six stadiums set record lows. Baltimore’s Camden Yards, Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, Minnesota’s Target Field, Miami’s Marlins Park, Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark and Pittsburgh’s PNC Park
4:52 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Shortstop Dansby Swanson did not participate in the Atlanta Braves‘ light workout Tuesday and appears to be a long shot to make the team’s roster for its NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Is it finally the Indians’ year? Can the Red Sox complete their historic
3:37 PM ET Boston Red Sox pitchers Brian Johnson and Hector Velazquez have been told they won’t be on the roster for the American League Division Series, manager Alex Cora said Tuesday. Cora called it “very difficult” to give them the news. He said that while the two will not be on the roster, they