MLB in brief: Mad Dog wants to retire if the DBacks win | Max Scherzer’s injury

Mad Dog wants to retire if the DBacks win

And Torey Lovullo wants to make sure it happens.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is not afraid of big markets

Let’s see what happens this winter.

Max Scherzer’s injury

His thumb now hurts.

Zack Wheeler and Zac Gallen available in relief

Everyone is at stake tonight.

Re: Zack Wheeler’s Game 7 availability … tomorrow is his between-starts throw day. He throws 15 to 40 pitches on those days and said it’s usually when he’s at his sharpest.

— Corey Seidman (@CSeidmanNBCS) October 24, 2023

How to revive Giancarlo Stanton?

Big question there.

Few problems were bigger for the 2023 Yankees than the absence of Giancarlo Stanton’s bat.

Does New York’s aging slugger have the ability to bounce back?

Not without major reconstruction, writes @Chriskirschner.

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— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) October 24, 2023

Who will be the DH in New York?

That’s a good one.

World Series schedule

All matches are at 8 p.m. It starts Friday and Game #7 would take place on November 4.