MLB trade rumors and news: Dodgers tie up NLCS with walk-off win, Red Sox take lead in ALCS

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• In a contest that was simulataneously thrilling and hard to watch, the Dodgers tied up the NLCS at two wins apiece, as Cody Bellinger drove in Manny Machado with a walk-off single in the 13th inning and lifted LA to a 2-1 victory. Credit to the Dodgers for earning the win despite not scoring a run for 11 straight innings.
• Game 3 of the ALCS was a tightly-contested affair for the first seven innings, but after Roberto Osuna loaded the bases, then proceeded to hit Steve Pearce with a pitch and give up a grand slam to Jackie Bradley Jr., the Red Sox ended up winning in a 8-4 blowout and taking a 2-1 lead in the series.
• As the Marlins go all-in on highly-regarded Cuban prospect Victor Victor Mesa and his younger brother Victor Jr., they’ve acquired $500,000 in extra international signing bonus pool money from the Astros, sending low-level minor-leaguers Adonis Giron and Brayan de Paula to Houston in return.
• The Braves were surprisingly good this year and they looked primed to compete over the next few years. As a reward for that success, manager Brian Snitker received a multi-year contract extension that was quite deserved.
• Yankees shortstop and emoji linguist Didi Gregorius will undergo Tommy John surgery this offseason, which was casually mentioned 40 whole minutes into a press conference.
• Adam Wainwright struggled with injuries and his own mortality this past season, but he will be will a Cardinal for at least one more season after signing an incentive-heavy extension.
• Diamondbacks reliever Brad Ziegler has announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the majors.
• The Nationals are already getting a jump-start on building their roster for next year, as they have acquired Kyle Barraclough from the Marlins.
• Our Wayne Cavadi has broken down the five biggest takeaways from the Yankees’ season.
• Winning 90 games with a roster full of rookies and reclamation projects is clearly a good way for a manager to earn a contract extension, as Kevin Cash proved when the Rays extended his deal through 2024 (with an option for 2025).
• Erik Kratz wasn’t a name that one was looking to keep an eye on this postseason, but he has turned into one of the better stories during the 2018 playoffs.
• While baseball is still raging on, the winter is coming sooner than we think...and with it, hot stove season. Here’s a look at the biggest free agents this offseason and what we might see go down when baseball hits the Winter Meetings in Vegas.
• Our own Anthony Spaulding made the cases for the NL Silver Slugger candidates at each position.
• Brewers starting pitchers are the unsung heroes for Milwaukee this postseason.
• Our Andersen Pickard took a look at the teams that under-performed relative to expectations this season and what went wrong to cause those disappointing seasons.
• There are quite a few legitimate contenders in the National League this year, so Anthony Spaulding went through the obvious candidates for NL Manager of the Year.