EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsWelcome folks, it's a resplendent fall day in Flatbush, and six months ago, who could have imagined this? The visiting Los Angeles Dodgers are ready to take the field in Brooklyn at the new Ebbets Field with the 2025 National League pennant on the line.Standing in the way of the L.A. nine are their literal offspring, the Brooklyn…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsCHICAGO -- The Cubs are finalizing a trade to acquire closer Ryan Pressly from the Houston Astros, pending medical review, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Sunday.Pressly will waive his no-trade clause to facilitate the move, and Houston will send money to help cover his $14 million salary, the sources said.The Astros will receive a low-level prospect from…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsDENVER -- Yes, Charlie Blackmon has picked up a bat since retiring from Major League Baseball last fall. Not the wooden kind. One of those big, fat colorful ones his young kids play with."Sometimes Daddy needs an at-bat, can't play defense all the time," Blackmon cracked Saturday after the Colorado Rockies announced he has taken on a new…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMINNEAPOLIS -- Carlos Correa has gone to great lengths to get his feet back to full strength.After plantar fasciitis interrupted a second consecutive season with the Minnesota Twins, the three-time All-Star shortstop will be ready for spring training next month without restriction."I've been sprinting. I've been running around. I've been doing about everything," Correa said Saturday at the…