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Marcus Hayes: Aaron Nola and Rhys Hoskins return Red October to the Phillies with magical performances

PHILADELPHIA — They’d been through the worst of it. Through the rebuild, and the losing, and the failed prospects and the empty seats and the last four managers and the dead Octobers.

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Phillies ride Aaron Nola, Rhys Hoskins to 9-1 win over Braves and move one win from NLCS

PHILADELPHIA — Years from now, when they roll highlights from the 2022 Phillies’ postseason run, the clip of Rhys Hoskins demolishing a ball into the left-field seats, raising both arms, and spiking his bat — and let’s be clear: this was a Jalen Hurts-quality spike — will play prominently.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Yordan Alvarez Leaves the Mariners Helpless in Houston

Sometimes, there is absolutely nothing you can do. A hitter is so locked in that it doesn’t matter how good your pitcher is or where you pitch to him, or even whether you pitch to him at all—he’ll find a way to beat you. That’s Yordan Alvarez right now against…

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Nathan Ruiz: Other teams have locked up their young stars. Will the Orioles do the same with Adley Rutschman?

BALTIMORE — The Atlanta Braves announced on Monday that they signed strikeout-inducing starter Spencer Strider to a deal that could last through the 2029 season, keeping the rookie right-hander under team control one to two years beyond when he otherwise would have become a free agent.

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Braves expect crowd in Philadelphia to be rowdy

PHILADELPHIA — Around the sports world, Philadelphia fans’ reputation precedes them. They are tough and rowdy. They can be extremely difficult on visiting teams and the opponent’s fans. They do not pull any punches (sometimes literally).

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Surprise! The Phillies Can Do No Wrong

The team known for its bad bullpen and bad defense is playing mistake-free baseball. How long can this continue?

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SI:AM | Another Day Jam-Packed With Playoff Baseball

After the wild-card appetizer, the ALDS and NLDS get started on Tuesday.

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Braves-Phillies Preview: Three Things That Will Decide the NLDS

Atlanta might be better than it was when it won the World Series last year, but that doesn’t mean Philadelphia is done.

Sports Illustrated

‘He’s like one of the great ones’: Why Braves trust Game 1 starter Max Fried

Once a young arm on an up-and-coming team, Max Fried is now one of baseball’s true aces, someone whose reputation as a big-game pitcher is acknowledged throughout the sport.

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David Murphy: Phillies face long odds in NLDS, but four key stats show how they can beat the Braves

ATLANTA — The Braves are not the Cardinals. If the uniforms didn’t give it away, just look at the matchups. There’s a reason the Phillies will enter Game 1 of the National League Division Series as heavy underdogs to reach their first National League Championship Series since that brutal loss…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Braves, Spencer Strider Agree on New Contract Through 2028

The rookie pitcher’s new six-year deal is worth $75 million with a one-year club option.

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Bill Madden: Braves have the edge on the Mets, now and into the winter

NEW YORK — Hard as it must be for the Citi Field faithful to accept the fact the Mets won 101 games, the second-most wins in their history, and still wound up as a wild card, there is this dose of hard reality: The Braves were simply a better team.

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World Series Predictions Entering the MLB Playoffs

SI’s MLB staff takes a stab at picking the team that will win it all.

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‘That’s what we live for’: Braves’ Kenley Jansen gearing up for postseason run

As the postseason nears, Kenley Jansen is thinking about one thing.

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Bill Madden: From Aaron Judge to Buck Showalter, handing out our end-of-season awards

NEW YORK — Although the postseason seedings have yet to be decided, with one notable exception — the National League MVP race — we’ve seen enough to determine the deserving individual honors. Everyone has their opinions, many even have actual votes, but here are our picks for baseball’s 2022 awards…

Sports Illustrated

MLB Power Rankings: Goodbye, Twins, Hello, Guardians, As Playoffs Shake Out

The Braves and the Mets are still neck and neck, but the gap in the AL Central widens as just 15 teams in MLB are left fighting for 12 October playoff spots.

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Braves starter Spencer Strider reaches 200-strikeout mark on Sunday

ATLANTA — Spencer Strider added another milestone in his sensational rookie season during Sunday’s start.

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Oakland A’s bullpen lit up as defending World Series champs earn series sweep

OAKLAND, Calif. – A’s left-hander Ken Waldichuk had a fairly solid outing Wednesday in his first career start at the Coliseum – with the exception of two loud at-bats by the Atlanta Braves.

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Spencer Strider strikes out 16 Rockies in Braves’ 3-0 win

The Rockies have been feeble on the road all season. Thursday night, Spencer Strider made them look helpless.

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Braves pitcher Jackson Stephens diagnosed with mild concussion

ST. LOUIS – Braves right-hander Jackson Stephens, who exited Friday’s win over the Cardinals after a line drive hit him in the head, was diagnosed with a mild concussion and landed on the seven-day concussion injured list.

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Michael Cunningham: Braves can win World Series, but they’d be among youngest teams to do it

Two months ago, the Braves were still trying to figure out roles for outfielder Michael Harris and pitcher Spencer Strider. Harris since has become one of the most valuable players in the lineup. Strider is favored to be voted National League Rookie of the Year. And recent call-up Vaughn Grissom…

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Mark Bradley: The Braves are really, really good. Get used to it.

Ten days ago, the Braves left New York having lost four of five to the Mets, whose lead in the National League East had grown to 6.5 games. The Braves had lost three in a row for the first time in 2022. They weren’t quite reeling, but they’d suffered a…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Braves rookie Spencer Strider dominates Phillies again in 13-1 rout, a reminder of the need to hold tight to young pitching

ATLANTA — Spencer Strider stands barely 6 feet tall, but there’s fire in his right arm. And for seven innings Tuesday night, for the second time in a week, the Atlanta Braves rookie dialed up his low-effort, triple-digit fastball and overpowered the Phillies.

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Aaron Nola struggles in first start in nine days as Phillies fall to Braves, 6-3

Despite their warts, the Phillies believe they can be a tough playoff team. It isn’t a delusional notion. They have two frontline starting pitchers, and well, anything can -- and often does -- happen in a short series.

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Michael Cunningham: Braves better than last year but need more pitching to repeat

The Braves are not a sure thing to make the postseason. There’s no such thing as certainty in baseball (though this year’s Yankees may come close). Still, it’s already safe to say the defending World Series champions again will play in the postseason. The Braves won’t have to rely on…

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