It’s Sunday, and if it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Links.
World Series Game 2…
- Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernández, and Freddie Freeman homered and that was all the offense necessary to hold off the Yankees and take a 2-0 lead. Game 3 on Monday in New York.
In Mariners news…
- Matt Brash sighting!
Back on the mound and putting in the work pic.twitter.com/3VZxoDNoge
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) October 26, 2024
Around the league…
- Shohei left Game 2 with a partially dislocated shoulder, but the Dodgers are optimistic that he’ll be ready for Game 3.
Shohei Ohtani suffered a subluxation of his left shoulder, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. He’ll undergo further testing tomorrow, but his strength and range of motion are good.
“We’re encouraged,” Roberts added.
— Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) October 27, 2024
- The 2024 Players Choice Awards winners were announced yesterday!
Congratulations to the 2024 Players Choice Awards winners!
Since 1992, Major Leaguers have recognized the on and off-field achievements of their peers through the Players Choice Awards. To date, in addition to the awards, the MLBPA charitable arm The Players Trust has… pic.twitter.com/bXRBAL21FX
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 26, 2024
- Television viewership for Game 1 of the World Series was massive.
Fox: Dodgers-Yankees attracted 15.2 million viewers, most for any World Series Game 1 since Dodgers-Astros in 2017.
Percentage of TV sets in use tuned to game in:
Los Angeles: 58%
New York: 37%— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) October 26, 2024
- Travis Sawchik at The Score has developed the ‘Scrooge Index’ a metric that compares a teams’ payroll directly against their reported payroll to determine which team is the most miserly.
- Mark Polishuk at MLBTR makes the case for Josh Naylor being a potential trade candidate this offseason.
- A hat with that astronaut logo isn’t a want, it’s a need.
The Oklahoma City Comets have arrived!
The #Dodgers‘ Triple-A club unveils its new name, logos: https://t.co/RutnzBUB2O pic.twitter.com/Tj9HpuESuH
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) October 27, 2024