Yall know how impressive it is to switch to a position that you’ve never played in your life mid-season and then be a gold glove finalist at that position in the SAME YEAR?

Rocco Baldelli would 'love' to manage again, but is enjoying decompressing and spending time w/ his family. #MNTwins https://t.co/A6za5Cewz9

Podcast https://t.co/Zaw4QGtnAO @PaulHembo talks Skubal and Tucker futures, Phillies, NLCS and ALCS; @DanStanczyk discusses the Jays-Mariners, Bo Bichette; @SlangsOnSports Numbers Game.

ALCS Games 1–2 Whiffs: Mariners 43 | Blue Jays 20 Chases: Mariners 41 | Blue Jays 28 Strikeouts: Mariners 25 | Blue Jays 9   Small ball works — except when it doesn’t, which is usually. Especially in October.

Podcast https://t.co/Wz604xQRqE We look ahead to Game 1 of the Dodgers-Brewers series, but mostly we dig into Mariners' magic -- the epic Game 5 win over the Tigers, and Bryce Miller starting Game 1 of the ALCS and getting help from Cal Raleigh and Jorge Polanco. @SlangsOnSports

Ball Weather 🤩 The roof will be OPEN for ALCS Game Two! #WANTITALL

Podcast https://t.co/Wz604xQRqE We look ahead to Game 1 of the Dodgers-Brewers series, but mostly we dig into Mariners' magic -- the epic Game 5 win over the Tigers, and Bryce Miller starting Game 1 of the ALCS and getting help from Cal Raleigh and Jorge Polanco. @SlangsOnSports

Bryan Woo is on the Mariners’ ALCS roster.

ALCS UPDATE: Bo Bichette will not be on the roster for the #BlueJays Bichette (knee) was seen to be in some discomfort when he ran the bases for the first time yesterday.

Bo Bichette hit live pitching yesterday & is running the bases today for the first time per manager John Schneider. That'll help determine whether he's good to go for ALCS roster. Decision due tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ET.

96% over 15 innings and nearly 5 hours of #Postseason winner-take-all baseball. Pretty impressive.

What a call from @roxybernstein via @ESPNRadio

Zoomed in

The Tigers face an impossible choice with Tarik Skubal, as the Brewers did when they traded Corbin Burnes to Baltimore in 2024. Skubal is a free agent next fall. Should the Tigers:

When George Kirby was asked after the game about what the Mariners' pitching plan was going forward, he smiled slightly. "I have no idea," he said, an acknowledgment of the staff chaos of Friday's game -- but also that this was not his decision. Seattle Manager Dan Wilson will

Sometimes extra-inning postseason games devolve into a contest of big empty swings, but as Tigers Manager A.J. Hinch said afterward, Detroit and Seattle had runners all over the place in Game 5 -- but pitchers continued to execute in pivotal moments. 15 pitchers over 15 innings,

Tarik Skubal's season high is 107 pitches. He's thrown 100 or more pitches in four games this year. He's at 99 pitches through six innings, with no walks and 13 strikeouts.

With Kerry Carpenter due to hit second in the top of the sixth inning, a lefty is throwing in the Seattle bullpen. George Kirby has allowed two hits and no runs in the first five innings.

Through 3 innings: George Kirby 34 pitches (6 foul balls) Tarik Skubal 54 pitches (17 foul balls)

Per @SlangsOnSports, Josh Naylor's attempted steal of third base was the first against Skubal in 2025.