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Boston Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito pitched four innings against the Athletics in his most recent start, which gave him in excess of 140 innings on the season. That triggers a provision in his contract that means the Red Sox's $14 million club option turns into a $19 million mutual option which contains a $1.5 million buyout. Giolito has returned to form this season after he missed his first year in Boston thanks to Tommy John surgery. In five appearances in May, Giolito pitched to a 4.85 ERA, but since the start of June, Giolito has made 18 starts for Boston with a 2.86 ERA and almost six innings per start. Giolito doesn't quite the stuff he did in his first few seasons with Chicago White Sox, but he's picked up 14 quality starts heading into free agency in his age 31 season.

Assuming Giolito declines his side of the option, he'll likely receive the qualifying offer from Boston. At the moment, the Red Sox are above the luxury tax threshold, which would push their compensation pick down to after the fourth round in 2026 if Giolito declines the qualifying offer.
 

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adamov13 said:
Never noticed the MLB forum we have going here.

Long suffering Mariniers supporter but rapt for the Big Dumper Cal Raleigh breaking The Micks switch hitting HR record this season.

Also go M's and **** the Astros.
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Also go Astros and **** the M's.
 
adamov13 said:
Big series this weekend mate! Good luck to your boys but not too much 😉
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Crazy how we've got to here to be tied going into this series. Good way to start off the series with Woo v Brown on the mound.
 
Bats continue to such a worry. Really need to find some offense if we are any chance to win these next 2 games.
 
FreoRicci said:
Detroit now 5th straight loss. Cleveland only 1.5 games away.
Going to choke the division away
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There's a few crazy divisional and wild card races on at the moment. Cleveland now just behind Detroit, Mariners surging past the Astros. The Giants went on a run for a little bit and now have fallen in a heap again. Texas went on a good run but all their injuries to key players caught up with them and they're struggling again. Mets hanging on for dear life.
 
Upstart Swan said:
There's a few crazy divisional and wild card races on at the moment. Cleveland now just behind Detroit, Mariners surging past the Astros. The Giants went on a run for a little bit and now have fallen in a heap again. Texas went on a good run but all their injuries to key players caught up with them and they're struggling again. Mets hanging on for dear life.
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Crazy thing is Detroit or Cleveland come second in that division, they’re almost certainly out of the playoffs.

The wildcard is between New York and Boston, 1 game ahead.

Cannot believe this last month. Detroit fans will riot if they miss after being 12 games ahead
 
The Houston Astros will be without shortstop Jeremy Pena for the final game of their series against the Mariners, due to left oblique soreness. He had been included in the initial lineup but was scratched from the lineup, according to the team. However, Astros' GM Dana Brown told reporters before the game that it is a minor injury, based on the initial evaluation, and he's not expected to miss too much time, subject to further testing to confirm (or revise) the diagnosis.

The Astros, however, are likely to be without DH/OF Yordan Alvarez for some time. Alvarez spoke to reporters, noting that he is yet to begin baseball activities since the inflammation in his ankle is yet to fully settle. Alvarez is now without the moon boot, and feels like he is healing slightly quicker than expected. In the best case scenario for Houston, Alvarez would be activated off the IL in time to play the Angels in the Astros' final series of the regular season.

The Astros confirmed that infielder Brendan Rodgers will not play again this season. He has not played for Houston since 14 June. Initially out with an oblique strain, Rodgers suffered a concussion and a broken nose after an on-field collision in his first minor league rehab game in July. He returned to play another rehab game in August, but then suffered back problems that have resulted in his season finishing prematurely.




 

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According to reports, the value of the qualifying offer this season is likely to be approximately $22 million for one year, although the exact figure will not be known for another five or six weeks. The value of the qualifying offer is determined by calculating the mean salary of the league's 125 highest paid players. A player is eligible to receive a qualifying offer if he spent the entire season on his current team's roster and has not previously received a qualifying offer. Once the World Series is completed, teams have a five-day period in which to decide whether to make a qualifying offer to any of their eligible free agents. A player who receives a qualifying offer has 10 days to decide whether to accept or reject the offer. Out of 144 players who have received qualifying offers in the past, only 13 players have accepted them, since it generally results in a one-year contract when most free agents are looking for long-term deals. A player who turns down a qualifying offer may still agree a contract with the club that made the qualifying offer, but he is now free to negotiate with any other club.

The upside for the club making the qualifying offer is that they receive a compensatory draft pick in the following MLB draft if the player turns down the offer and signs with another team. The other team also needs to surrender at least one draft pick, and possibly some money from their international bonus pool.

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The Milwaukee Brewers are headed for the post-season. While they start their preparations for the post-season, they will be without RHP Brandon Woodruff for a period of time, as they placed him on the 15-day IL (retroactive to 18 September) with a right lat strain. The Brewers recalled LHP Robert Gasser from Triple-A and named him as their starter. Woodruff's retroactive placement allows him to return in time for the start of the NLDS on 4 October, but that presumes he will miss the minimum period allowed. According to reports, Woodruff has suffered a "moderate" lat strain in the words of Brewers manager Patrick Murphy, and that it is too soon to tell how his playoff availability will be impacted by the injury. Woodruff is reportedly seeking an assessment of the injury today after he reported it occurring in a bullpen session yesterday.

Woodruff managed 12 starts for the Brewers in 2025 after a delayed start to the season, putting up a 3.20 ERA in 64 2/3 innings that featured a 32.3% strikeout rate. Woodruff has only 23 starts under his belt since the start of 2023, after he suffered repeated shoulder issues in the second half of the season that forced him to undergo surgery in October 2023, which led him to miss all of 2024. He suffered an ankle injury in his rehab at the start of this season that delayed his return to the majors.





 
The Detroit Tigers' season is in freefall at the moment and they have responded by designating RHP Charlie Morton for assignment, replacing him with RHP Tanner Rainey, who had his contract selected to the 40-man and active rosters. The Tigers traded for Morton from Baltimore at the trade deadline. After an encouraging start to his time as a Tiger, his season started to unravel when he gave up five runs to the Athletics in Sacramento at the end of August. In September, he put up a ghastly 12.75 ERA across four starts with more walks (13) than strikeouts (11) while averaging just three innings per start. On Friday, in his last start as a Tiger, he allowed six runs on five hits and two walks with just two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings against the Braves.

It is highly unlikely that any team will want to claim Morton off waivers. If he goes through waivers unclaimed, he has sufficient service time to reject an outright assignment to the minor leagues, meaning that he will head to free agency earlier than expected. Across the Orioles and Tigers, he has a 5.89 ERA and 4.98 FIP across 140 2/3 innings, which includes a 7.09 ERA and a 5.20 FIP in nine starts as a Tiger.

 
Both the Mariners and the Astros have a day off tomorrow, before Houston travels to Sacramento to take on the Athletics in a three game series then go to Los Angeles to play the Angels in a three game series to finish the regular season, while the Mariners host the Rockies in a three game series and finish the regular season with a three game series at home against the Dodgers.

The Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees are guaranteed to make the playoffs (the Blue Jays as the winner of the AL East, and the Yankees as a wild card). In the AL Central, the Tigers' poor run of form sees their likelihood of making the playoffs dip from virtually 100% down to 80.9%, while the Guardians have a 1 in 2 shot of making the playoffs based on their current record. The Tigers are estimated to have a 63.8% chance of winning the division, while the Guardians have a 36.2% chance. The Tigers travel to Cleveland to play the Guardians in a three game series. The Guardians then finish with a three-game series at home to the Rangers, while the Tigers are on the road for the rest of the regular season, with a three game series at Boston to conclude the regular season.

The Tigers finish their home portion of the schedule with six consecutive losses after losing to Atlanta earlier today. However, with the Guardians losing 6-2 on the road to the Twins, the Tigers hold a 1-game lead over Cleveland with their pivotal three-game series to come later this week.

If the Tigers sweep the Guardians on the road, then they clinch the division. Take two of three against Cleveland, they could win the division if they also beat the Red Sox, but if Cleveland wins the series, then the Tigers would need the Rangers (who have nothing to play for) to beat the Guardians in order to secure the AL Central title.

Between the Tigers and the Guardians, the road team has won nine of the 10 division games this year, including the past six, but the Guardians won six of seven in Detroit earlier this year, so are one win away from clinching the division series, which would give Cleveland a potentially vital tiebreaker in the event they finish tied with the Tigers with the same record.

In the AL West, the Mariners now have a three-game lead over Houston in the chase for the AL West pennant, and the Mariners also own the tiebreaker over the Astros should they finish with the same record. The Astros are in danger of missing the playoffs, since they are currently tied with the Guardians for the third AL Wild Card spot (Cleveland owns the spot thanks to the tiebreaker).

As it currently stands, the AL playoff teams would be Toronto (1 seed), Mariners (2 seed), Tigers (3 seed), Yankees (4 seed), Red Sox (5 seed) and Guardians (6 seed). The Red Sox and Yankees would play a best of three wild card to decide who meets the Blue Jays in the ALDS, while the Guardians and Tigers would play a best of three wild card to decide who meets the Mariners in the ALDS.
 

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Dodgers passed 4 million attendance this year on their final home game.

For context the AFL has had 8.1 million attendance for the entire league this year.
 
largebus said:
Dodgers passed 4 million attendance this year on their final home game.

For context the AFL has had 8.1 million attendance for the entire league this year.
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I mean 81 games, not surprising.

What’s the average attendance ?

I’d imagine quite a few Japanese tourists/fans too
 

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