Listed here are three issues we’ll be keeping track of across the baseball world all through the day in the present day:
1. World Sequence heads to Los Angeles:
The World Sequence departed Toronto yesterday all tied up after a dominant full sport from right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and now each groups have arrived in L.A. for Sport 3. On the mound for the Dodgers is right-hander Tyler Glasnow (3.19), whereas the Blue Jays will counter with veteran righty Max Scherzer (5.19 ERA). The longer term Corridor of Famer had an uneven yr, however he did handle to strike out 5 in 5 2/3 innings whereas surrendering two runs in a begin towards Seattle in Sport 4 of the ALCS. Glasnow, in the meantime, pitched 1 2/3 scoreless frames in Sport 1 of the NLDS earlier than firing off six scoreless in Sport 4 of that collection. He went on to permit one run in 5 2/3 innings of labor towards the Brewers. Tonight’s sport is scheduled for 5pm native time in Los Angeles.
2. Orioles have their supervisor:
Per reporting final night time, it was reported that the Orioles are finalizing a deal to make Guardians affiliate supervisor the brand new supervisor in Baltimore. Albernaz, who celebrates his forty third birthday later this week, was promoted to affiliate supervisor beneath Stephen Vogt this yr after spending his first season in Cleveland as his bench coach. He beforehand labored on the Giants’ large league teaching workers and labored within the minor leagues as a supervisor for the Rays.
Now that he’s poised to get his first large league alternative, the information takes a extremely coveted candidate off the board for different organizations. It additionally creates a emptiness on the Guardians’ teaching workers that can must be stuffed, and comes with some stage of intrigue relating to whether or not or not the Orioles will retain Tony Mansolino as part of their teaching workers beneath Albernaz. Mansolino served because the membership’s third base coach for years earlier than being promoted to interim supervisor for almost all of the 2025 season.
3. Managerial, GM vacancies nonetheless to be stuffed:
Whereas the hiring of Albernaz takes one other managerial gig off the board, there’s nonetheless loads of hirings left to occur this winter. The Twins are identified to have a bunch of 4 finalists for his or her supervisor job, whereas the Rockies are identified to have not less than two finalists of their seek for the crew’s subsequent head of baseball operations. The Padres are identified to have carried out some interviews, together with one among future Corridor of Famer Albert Pujols. The Nationals have interviewed former Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde, and there are managerial vacancies in Atlanta and maybe Colorado as properly. Which franchise will subsequent set course for his or her future with a significant rent?
