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Freddy Peralta knows Milwaukee’s hitters. The Milwaukee Brewers know Freddy Peralta. Somebody’s getting an expensive education Monday night. The former Brewers ace faces his old club with Tampa Bay trailing 2-0. His fastball can still miss bats, but the question is whether Milwaukee’s hitters can recognize his secondary pitches early enough to force deeper counts […]

GEORGE MISKEN | WORLD SERIES GAME 1 | OCTOBER 23, 2026 Jacob Misiorowski can throw a baseball past almost anyone. What happens when Tampa Bay refuses to swing through it? That’s the problem Milwaukee’s young ace brings into the World Series opener. His extraordinary velocity should overwhelm hitters, but recent postseason opponents have discovered that […]

GEORGE MISKEN | MLB ALCS GAME 5 | OCTOBER 18, 2026 Stephen Vogt has a problem that doesn’t disappear just because his relievers keep raising their hands. The Guardians’ bullpen has been asked to cover innings, rescue starters, and survive one pressure situation after another. Now Tampa Bay gets another crack at those arms barely […]

Stephen Vogt has spent October asking Cleveland’s pitchers to perform increasingly improbable favors. Now, with the Guardians leading Tampa Bay 2-1 in the American League Championship Series, he faces an especially awkward proposition: finding 27 outs without a confirmed starter. The Rays have Nick Martinez ready. Cleveland has several possible arrangements, none quite as reassuring […]

Tyler Glasnow knows who’s pitching for Los Angeles. Pat Murphy knows somebody will pitch for Milwaukee. Apparently, that’s sufficient information for a National League Championship Series elimination game. The Brewers lead 3-0, and the Dodgers are one defeat from elimination. Glasnow offers Los Angeles a genuine starting-pitching advantage. Milwaukee counters with an unnamed starter, several […]

Stephen Vogt called Gavin Williams’ Division Series performance “big boy stuff.” Cleveland’s manager now gets to discover whether his ace has anything left for an encore. Williams starts Thursday’s American League Championship Series Game 3 against Tampa Bay’s Griffin Jax, with the series tied 1-1. Williams struck out 12 White Sox hitters Saturday after making […]

Blake Snell can make hitters look ridiculous. Milwaukee has a nastier idea: make him throw enough pitches that Dave Roberts starts reaching for the bullpen before the sixth inning. The Brewers have already demonstrated how expensive that approach can become against elite pitching. Their hitters are refusing to chase, extending at-bats and forcing Los Angeles […]

Freddy Peralta has rediscovered his fastball in Tampa Bay. Chase DeLauter has just demonstrated why throwing early strikes against Cleveland carries consequences. Tuesday’s ALCS Game 2 puts those developments on a collision course, with the Guardians already leading the series and the Rays facing the possibility of returning to Cleveland two games behind. Peralta’s resurgence […]

Stephen Vogt has handed Foster Griffin the opening game of the American League Championship Series, four days after the left-hander struck out seven White Sox hitters in just 2⅔ innings. The problem is that Cleveland now requires considerably more than eight outs from him. Tampa Bay arrives rested, Drew Rasmussen is waiting, and the Guardians […]

Max Fried knows there is no innings calculation left to protect. He also knows Tampa Bay does not require much offense to make those innings uncomfortable. Fried described his Game 3 leash as potentially “pretty small,” an unusual admission that exposes the real shape of this elimination game. New York can attack every pitching decision […]