Baseball

9/13/2026 |  Brewers and Rays Make Playoffs, Complicating MLB-Union Labor Fight (Front Office Sports) The first two teams to secure spots in MLB’s 2026 postseason are from its economic lower class, providing a fresh data point as the league and MLB Players Association continue a bitter labor fight centered in part around competitive balance. 
The Brewers and Rays each clinched playoff berths late Friday, further showcasing the upside-down nature of much of this season. Milwaukee is MLB’s smallest media market, and the Brewers’ run to the league’s best record extends a dominant stretch that also helped define the 2025 season. 

9/9/2026 |  Ranking the top 10 MLB free agents for the 2026-27 offseason, plus potential landing spots (CBS Sports) Four weeks from Tuesday, the four Wild Card Series will begin and the postseason will be underway. The various divisional and wild-card races will be settled between now and then. As the games on the field intensify, is there a better time to look ahead to the upcoming offseason? Well, yes, probably, but that won't stop us. The hot stove never fully cools.

9/9/2026 |  The Biggest MLB Roster Expansion Additions for the Playoff Push (DEADSPIN) Fans tend to roll their eyes when a major league team says something like: "Getting 'Player X' healthy is the equivalent of adding with a trade." Most, but not all of the notable additions this roster expansion season fall into that column.

9/9/2026 |  Browns Star Denzel Ward Joins Guardians Ownership Group (Fox Sports) Denzel Ward has a mere uphill walk to check on his new investment.
The Cleveland Browns star cornerback has purchased a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians, the team announced on Wednesday morning. Ward is the second NFL player with a tie to the greater Cleveland area to purchase a minority stake in the team this year; Kansas City Chiefs tight end and four-time All-Pro Travis Kelce — who grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, which is roughly 20 minutes east of Huntingon Bank Field, home of the Browns — bought a minority stake in the Guardians in May.

9/9/2026 |  Report: Broncos owners intend to secure control of MLB’s Rockies (NBC Sports) Broncos owners Carrie Walton Penner and Greg Penner currently hold 40 percent of the MLB’s Colorado Rockies. Whenever baseball’s looming labor mess ends, they’re expected to emerge with controlling interest in the local baseball franchise