Who could be the next unexpected October hero?

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Who could be the next unexpected October hero?

Friday, September 26

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Sal Frelick, Trent Grisham, Harrison Bader, Nico Hoerner, Andy Pages and Daulton Varsho

6 under-the-radar picks to be postseason heroes

Sometimes a player emerges in the postseason that you never would have expected, so we asked three MLB.com and three Yahoo Sports writers to each predict one player who could surprise us.

Dodgers clinch 4th straight NL West title, 12th in last 13 years

Tigers halt skid, win finale vs. Guardians to grab share of 1st in AL Central

Marte’s HR robbery has Reds roaring into Wild Card crunch

Record FIVE players have reached the 30-30 mark this season

Ohtani matches his career high, Dodgers record with 54th HR

Stanton’s clutch hit, Rodón’s K’s help Yanks keep pace in AL East race

Fate in their own hands, Mets outslug Cubs to maintain WC lead

Judge sets AL record for intentional walks

Valdez’s gem keeps Astros’ WC hopes alive entering final weekend

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Francisco Lindor watches the flight of his 30th home run

Francisco Lindor
Records 8th 30/30 season in Mets history, most of any club

Nick Kurtz
2-HR game, leads MLB in opposite-field homers (17)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Allowed a total of 2 runs in 4 September starts (0.67 ERA)

Seiya Suzuki
Fifth multi-homer game of the season

Daulton Varsho
1st career HR in 0-2 count off a LHP was a grand slam

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Noelvi Marte not only robbed a home run, but he may have saved the Reds’ season.

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Two images each of Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge

The undervalued factor that just might tilt MVP to Raleigh

If you look at stats like OPS or WAR, Aaron Judge should be a runaway winner for another MVP Award. But there is reason beyond Cal Raleigh’s 60 HRs and counting why he could win it.

Mariners fan’s good deed is rewarded

One day after a fan caught Cal Raleigh’s 60th home run and immediately handed it over to a kid, the Mariners slugger made sure he didn’t end up empty-handed following his selfless gesture.

Cal Raleigh with Mariners fan Glenn Mutti-Driscoll

The best pitches we’ll see in postseason

Here are some of the nastiest pitches we are excited to watch throughout the month of October. Hitters might not agree.

Mason Miller, Jhoan Duran, Logan Gilbert, Garrett Crochet and Tarik Skubal

Stats of the Week: Carroll, Skenes and more

A first for the D-backs by Corbin Carroll and milestones for Paul Skenes, Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani were among the past week’s most interesting numbers.

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Friday baseball on MLB Network

NL Central foes square off as the Cardinals play the Cubs at 2 p.m. ET. Then watch two playoff-bound clubs meet with the Dodgers vs. Mariners joined in progress at 11 (or D-backs vs. Padres).

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PIT 1
CIN 2

TB 5
BAL 6

MIN 4
TEX 0

HOU 11
ATH 5

LAD 8
AZ 0

MIA 0
PHI 1

DET 4
CLE 2

CWS 3
NYY 5

BOS 1
TOR 6

NYM 8
CHC 5

KC 9
LAA 4

COL 2
SEA 6

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