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  • LAD Starting Pitcher #52
    Dodgers sent RHP Elieser Hernández outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
    Hernández went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment last week and will presumably stick around with the Dodgers as extra organizational relief depth. The 29-year-old righty has made five appearances (one start) this season in the big leagues for Los Angeles.
  • NYY Relief Pitcher #61
    Jake Cousins, who missed the end of the season with a strained pectroral muscle, is on the Yankees’ ALDS roster.
    Marcus Stroman and Mark Leiter Jr. are absent, as the Yankees have chosen to go with 11 pitches. That opens up an extra spot on offense for Duke Ellis to serve as a pinch-runner. Ben Rice is also on the roster in place of Anthony Rizzo. DJ LeMahieu was not activated.
  • NYM Starting Pitcher #38
    Along with Game 1 starter Kodai Senga, Tylor Megill has been added to the Mets roster for the NLDS.
    Megill was one of the possibilities to start Game 1, and he could pitch in relief today, though David Peterson might be first in line there. Huascar Brazoban and Max Kranick have lost their spots. The Mets made no changes with their position players.
  • PHI Starting Pitcher #99
    Taijuan Walker has been left off the Phillies roster for the NLDS against the Mets.
    Everything is pretty much as expected here, as Kolby Allard got the last spot on the 12-man pitching staff. The Phillies would have loved to have gotten Spencer Turnbull back, but that’s not happening yet. Walker isn’t in the Phillies’ postseason plans after giving up 15 earned runs and striking out just six in 13 innings last month.
  • DET Second Baseman #39
    Zach McKinstry is drawing a second straight start at third in Saturday’s Game 1 against the Guardians.
    The Tigers are using the same lineup they did Wednesday against the Astros. That means McKinstry at third, even though Matt Vierling was getting most of the playing time there at the end of the regular season. Vierling is again starting in right over Wenceel Pérez. The lineup: CF Parker Meadows, DH Kerry Carpenter, RF Vierling, LF Riley Greene, 2B Colt Keith, 1B Spencer Torkelson, 3B McKinstry, SS Trey Sweeney, C Jake Rogers.
  • CLE First Baseman #43
    Jhonkensy Noel is getting the start over Will Brennan in right field in Saturday’s Game 1 against the Tigers.
    The Guardians are also using David Fry over Kyle Manzardo against the lefty opener Tyler Holton. Brennan and Manzardo might make early appearances once the Tigers switch to a righty, though. The lineup: LF Steven Kwan, DH Fry, 3B José Ramírez, 1B Josh Naylor, CF Lane Thomas, 2B Andrés Giménez, RF Noel, C Bo Naylor, SS Brayan Rocchio.
  • DET Starting Pitcher #54
    Keider Montero is back on the Tigers roster for the ALDS, taking Casey Mize’s spot.
    Montero was left off the Wild Card roster after throwing three innings Sunday, but it’s no surprise to see him back now. The question was whether it’d be at the expense of Mize or Ty Madden, neither of whom pitched in the Wild Card series. As is, Madden is sticking around. Montero could see action behind opener Tyler Holton today, but Reese Olson and Brant Hurter are also possibilities there.
  • CLE Starting Pitcher #35
    The Guardians are carrying Alex Cobb and Joey Cantillo on their ALDS roster.
    That leaves no room for Ben Lively. Cobb makes the team despite not having pitched since Sept. 1 due to a finger blister. We imagine he’ll start Game 4 over Cantillo, but we’ll see. The other mild surprise here is that utilityman Tyler Freeman, who finished the season in Triple-A, has made the roster over Angel Martínez.
  • KC Left Fielder #8
    The Royals are sticking with the same roster in the ALDS that they used in the Wild Card series.
    That means no Robbie Grossman, who was acquired to play against lefties but wound up going just 4-for-32 over the final month of the season. Reliever Will Smith was a candidate to be activated after missing the end of the year with back spasms, but it seems the Royals didn’t want to mess with what’s working in the pen.
  • NYY Center Fielder #24
    Alex Verdugo will start in left field in the Yankees’ postseason opener against the Royals on Saturday, according to Andy Martino of SNY.
    This isn’t a huge surprise. While the Yankees maintained that Jasson Dominguez would play everyday once he was called up, that wasn’t the case. Assuming the Yankees use their best hitting lineup with Aaron Judge in center, Juan Soto in right and Giancarlo Stanton at DH, Dominguez will find himself on the bench with Verdugo in left field to begin the playoffs.
  • LAD First Baseman #5
    Freddie Freeman said his ankle sprain would normally require a 4-6 week timetable, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.
    Freeman admitted that he’s trying to recover in a week from an ankle sprain that would normally require a 4-6 week stint on the injured list. He added that this is the worst injury he’s ever tried to play through, but also that he feels good enough after testing his ankle in the field and on the bases on Friday. The Dodgers have been nothing but optimistic about Freeman’s return to this point, though the final ALDS roster hasn’t been made official yet.