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September 30th, 2024: Ben Heller will be fine, just day-to-day with a sore elbow. He'll have the rest of the regular season off.

I say regular season, because we have clinched a playoff spot! Just 2 out of first, we will at least be a Wild Card.

Tampa Bay is also in the postseason, as their 88-70 record is enough to keep playing this year. This will be thier second straight postseason appearence as they look for their first title.

The first place Orioles at 89-69 also clinched a playoff spot, their first since 2016. Like most Orioles teams, they have a great offense with absolutely no pitching.

This may be the end of Clayton Kershaw's career, as he undergoes elbow ligament reconstruction surgery and will miss all of next season. A hall-of-famer for sure, he's 193-99 in 510 games (449 starts) with a 2.71 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 2,995 strikeouts, and 704 walks.

Minnesota will extend Byron Buxton 7-years for a total of $184,400,000. Now 30, he's a career .250/.316/.442 hitter with 199 homers and 656 RBI's, as well as 216 steals in 234 attempts.

We remain 6th in the Power Rankings.


Finally, on to the final series of the year, as we host the Cubs in front of a sold out ballpark. Three more sellouts and that will be three straight seasons. A.J. Puckett (8-6, 4.14 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) battles Justin Dunn (10-9, 5.91 ERA, 1.46 WHIP) as we look to try and win our division. We took the opener 6-1, although it should've been a shutout.

Puck tossed 7 innings with an unearned run with 4 hits, a walk, and 6 strikeouts. Jorge Moya earned a 2 inning save with 4 strikeouts.

Puck also hit a homer in a 1-for-2 with 2 runs scored and a walk. Shoehi Ohtani was 2-for-5 with 2 runs, 2 RBI's, and a homer. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 3-for-4 with a double, run scored, walk, and RBI. Mickey Moniak was 2-for-4 with a walk, run scored, and steal.

October 1st, 2024: Jordan Montgomery (11-8, 3.19 ERA, 1.11 WHIP) took on Pablo Ochoa (10-11, 4.44 ERA, 1.42 WHIP) who was just named Pitcher of the Month for September. The Cubs got the best of us, winning 5-2.

Monty went jus 2.1 innings with 4 hits, 3 runs, and a strikeout. Josh Weske allowed 2 unearned runs in 2.2 innings with a walk, hit, and 3 strikeouts. Michael Feliz went 1.2 innings with a hit and 2 strikeouts before Estrella needed 1 pitch to finish the 7th. Garret McDaniels tossed 2 innings with 2 walks and a strikeout.

Mickey Moniak was 1-for-2 with a run scored, double, and two walks. Shoehi Ohtani was 2-for-3 with a walk. Brendan Rodgers was 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored.

Cody Bellinger hit his 400th career homer as the Tigers beat the Indians 7-4.

October 2nd, 2024: The Braves clilnched the Wild Card, so again, three teams from the NL East will make the playoffs.

Jake Florence (13-9, 3.97 ERA, 1.39 WHIP) got the start against Shane Greene (5-6, 6.75 ERA, 1.58 WHIP) in a game that would clinch us at least homefield for the Wild Card Game. We dropped another 6-3.

Florence went 4, allowing 4 hits, 3 runs, 6 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Weske got the loss, allowing a run in 1.2 innings with 2 hits and 2 strikeouts. Michael Feliz allwoed 1 more in 1.1 innings with 2 hits and a strikeout. Gunnar Hoglund made his debut, 1.1 innings with 2 htis, a run, and 2 strikeouts.

Seth Beer was 2-for-4 with a homer, double, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Brendan Rodgers was 1-for-4 with a double. Ohtani was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Atlanta won, so now we can tie. We need to win tomorrow...

Juan Villasenor tossed a 2-hit shutout as the Mariners beat the Astros 7-0.

October 3rd, 2024: Seattle and the Mets have clinched their division.

We looked to win game 162 with Walker Buehler (6-8, 4.50 ERA, 1.39 WHIP) taking on Florencio Serrano (3-2, 3.68 ERA, 1.35 WHIP) in front of another sold out crowd. It took 11 innings, before Mickey Moniak hit a walk-off single off former Marlin Marcus Stroman.

The pitching allowed just 2 hits. Buehler allowed 1 in 5.2 innings with 2 runs, 5 walks, and 7 strikeouts. Ben Popkin allwoed a hit in 1.1 inning with a walk and 3 strikeouts. Alpha Quivers got the win and pitched 2 innings with 3 strikeouts.

Seth Beer was 2-for-5 with 2 doubles and an RBI. Scott Kingery came off the bench and was 2-for-2 with a double. Mickey Moniak was 2-for-6 with a run, RBI, and steal. Nick Gordon was 3-for-5 with a run scored and a steal.

Atlanta lost, so we'll host the Wild Card game, and the playoffs are officially set.