Pretty lame. I’m standing in line at the ticket office to get a printed ticket for my first ever #WorldSeries and an hour in they stopped printing them and the $50 commemorative ones because it’s suddenly a “safety issue” and put this sign up. They’ll have a QR code we can scan to order a ticket. What the fuck. You couldn’t have said that to us earlier??

Cherish those October moments 🥹🍁 Check your DMs, we’re sending you $1K in FanCash 💸

Three teams left, and all three have bigger-than-average analytics staffs. Brewers: 46 (2nd in MLB) Rays: 39 Guardians: 30 League average: 28.5 The Phillies have the biggest staff in baseball, and they're already home. Like payroll, it's one input. Everything else combined still matters more.

MLB's Arizona Fall League is experimenting with rules that regulate the positioning of outfielders in an effort to increase the number of balls in the gap. Outfielders under these rules are playing closer to the lines than normal, creating much bigger swaths of grass in the alleyways in left-center and right-center field. FanGraphs was first to report the news. BA's Josh Norris and J.J. Cooper have more: buff.ly/Y0w0SHz

Internal candidates the Phillies should consider for their manager job: Caleb Cotham Dusty Wathan Howie Kendrick

The people who played the roles of the Orioles mascots, along with Baltimore's team photographer, were among employees let go by the club as part of a large round of layoffs, sources tell The Athletic. nyti.ms/4yEs68a

Bob Nightengale Says The Phillies Will Shop Guys This Offseason & Bryce Harper Could Be More Likely To Depart Than Trea Turner 👀 | #RingTheBell 📸: Bill Streicher, Lucas Peltier, and Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

The most regular season innings caught in MLB since 2019: 7,758.1- J.T. Realmuto 6,044.1- Will Smith 5,879.1- Christian Vazquez 5,376.0- Cal Raleigh 5,317.2- Carson Kelly