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Davidson will likely eat some innings for Baltimore on Saturday either as a starter or a reliever. Bryan Baker was optioned to the minors to make room on the active roster. The Orioles previously had a spot open on the 40-man roster.

Perez becomes the first Royals player to receive the award, which recognizes off-the-field contributions. The 13-year veteran and Royals captain is not only active with Kansas City charities, having made a $1 million donation to the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy, but also distributes food in his native Venezuela every offseason.

Those two are also up for the White Sox job. Venable, a former Padres outfielder, is a veteran of the managerial search circuit, which Albernaz is a newer name. However, it turns out they were both within a day of each of other in 1982; Venable turns 42 on Tuesday and Albernaz on Wednesday.

He’ll compete for a bullpen spot next spring. Devenski was cut loose by the Rays after posting a 6.75 ERA in 19 appearances this season, and though he was quite successful for Seattle’s Triple-A team afterwards (2.35 ERA, 31 K in 23 IP), the Mariners never did give him a shot.

There was some concern that Ohtani would miss this game after he injured his shoulder while sliding into second base in Game 2. The Dodgers did say on Sunday that he was trending in the right direction, and the team will in fact have their star ready to go. While there could be some risk of re-aggravation and perhaps Ohtani doesn’t steal as much the rest of the series, we shouldn’t expect much of a dip in production, which is great news for Dodgers fans.

Both CES and McLain were technically on rehab assignments in the Arizona Fall League, and since they were expiring, the Reds needed to activate them now, as opposed to after the World Series like the rest of the 60-day IL guys.

Leibrandt made two appearances for the Reds this season, giving up seven runs over 6 1/3 innings in his first major league action since 2020. He’ll clear waivers and likely become a minor league free agent.

Rosario was already going to be a free agent after the World Series, so this is just a paper move because the Reds needed to make space on the 40-man roster to activate Matt McLain from the 60-day IL, as his rehab assignment in the Arizona Fall League expired. Rosario has solid numbers overall on the season, hitting .280 with three home runs and 13 steals in 332 at-bats, but he struggled with the Reds after being signed late in the year.

The Yankees will run out the exact same lineup except for Trevino starting for Austin Wells, who has gone just 4-for-41 this postseason with a 41 percent strikeout rate. Trevino has had issues controlling the running game this season, so that will be something to keep an eye on tonight.

Ohtani hurt his shoulder on a slide into second base on a steal attempt in the eighth inning of the Game 2 win for the Dodgers, and appeared to be in significant pain. The 30-year-old superstar appears to have avoided the worst, and he should hit at the top of the lineup Monday against the Yankees and Clarke Schmidt in New York.

Ohtani suffered the injury while sliding into second base on a steal attempt in the seventh inning. For those scoring at home, a subluxation is a partial dislocation. However, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that they’re encouraged by Ohtani’s strength and range of motion. He’ll undergo further testing on his shoulder tomorrow and the Dodgers will know more about his availability once they get the scans back. Ohtani is paramount to the Dodgers’ success and losing him for any amount of time now would be at best unfortunate and at worst catastrophic, but the initial signs seem positive based on what Roberts told the media.