www.nytimes.com/athletic/678... Rockies to hire Browns’ Paul DePodesta as head of baseball operations: Sources

Hearing that former Padres manager and Twins bench coach Jayce Tingler has agreed to join Tony Vitello's staff in San Francisco. Tingler and Vitello were college teammates at Missouri and have remained close friends, so this is a very predictable outcome.

“Not making the playoffs, not being in big moments, not in October … he kind of got left behind.” @brittghiroli.bsky.social on how the Angels star's loyalty possibly led to his demise ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

ONE. WIN. AWAY. The Blue Jays take Game 5 in L.A. and head back to Toronto with the chance to claim their first World Series title since 1993.

Vitello will be introduced in a press conference Oct. 30. No terms were announced but we're hearing it's at least a three-year deal and possibly four.

The Giants have made the Vitello hiring official.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673... Bo Porter wants to manage again, has expressed interest in Angels’ job

Steve Blackburn, a diehard Seattle Mariners fan, got out his phone and started sending messages to a witch named Luna who sells custom spells on Etsy. "Luna please, I’m desperate," Blackburn typed. "Work your magic."

Breaking news from @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

Super fun getting to chat with @brittghiroli.bsky.social along with my fellow M’s fans.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/672... Giants closing in on hiring Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as next manager: Sources

I am one of the most superstitious people I know, and the people in @brittghiroli.bsky.social’s terrific piece on M’s fans really spoke to me. And shoutout to the grandma teaching her granddaughter to score a game. Living the dream: www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

In a memo to employees today, Ilitch Companies announce paid maternity leave effective Jan 2026, including 12 weeks for birthing parents and 2 weeks for secondary caregivers. The Athletic reported last month the Detroit Tigers were one of just 3 MLB teams without fully paid leave

Red Sox director of amateur scouting Devin Pearson - who worked alongside Paul Toboni, then replaced him as the person in charge of the Sox drafts from 2023-25 - has been hired as assistant GM of the Nationals. The Sox are expected to replace Pearson internally. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/s...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671... Ex-Astros GM James Click among those who have interviewed for Rockies’ top job: Sources

I don’t have a horse in this race and I feel sick with every pitch. I love this sport.

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and I discussed the finale of the Dodgers-Phillies NLDS matchup, a big offseason on tap for the Phillies, and Brewers-Cubs going to Game 5 in Milwaukee on Saturday. Audio: pod.fo/e/33b36b YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels

New column from me This time the Phillies can’t run it back. Not after another season of beautiful dreams ended in the most painful, most unfathomable way possible, even by Phillies standards. www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668... don’t ask Cal Raleigh if he’s OK

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670... Longtime Nationals executives depart under new president of baseball ops: Sources

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670... Longtime Nationals executives depart under new president of baseball ops: Sources

This was such a wholesome moment! Mariners fan Jameson Turner who caught Cal Raleigh’s homer with these incredible handmade shirts. Cal got him a bat and told him to keep the ball.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669... What I’m hearing about MLB’s current managerial openings

here's something different: I wrote about the women of the Harlem Globetrotters. How they pack, train, and approach motherhood while playing against and alongside men. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Kevin Brown and Ben McDonald have worked together for seven years on Orioles broadcasts. Before the game, and before's McDonald's viral comment about hockey, they both separately told The Athletic they were joking about McDonald disappearing. More:

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and I have full playoff predictions in Part 2 of our preview. Plus, @timbritton.bsky.social joined to discuss the Mets' collapse. Happy Wild Card Day (v 1.0)! Audio: pod.fo/e/334531 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels

Chris Koras, the head of baseball for Klutch Sports Group, abruptly resigned last week, according to three industry sources.

One of the things I would enact if I ever was commissioner is to make team owners speak publicly, at least once a quarter. (You want to be an anonymous billionaire, don't buy an MLB team.) Anyways, good on Steve Cohen. The sport needs more accountable owners.

A.J. Preller is baseball’s Dos Equis Man. On the man in charge in San Diego and his uncertain future: www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I break down the four Wild Card Round matchups in Part 1 of our 2025 MLB Playoff Preview! (Part 2 with full playoff predictions coming Tuesday with @brittghiroli.bsky.social.) Audio: pod.fo/e/333231 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels

The New York Mets' collapse is one of the worst you'll ever see. Despite being 21 games over .500 in June and owning baseball's best record at the time, the Mets failed to make the playoffs. Making things worse, no one "chased" them down. They just blew it.

Paul Toboni will be named president of baseball operations for the Nationals and will hire a GM under him, sources say. A huge jump for Toboni, who was the AGM in Boston.

Nationals naming Red Sox executive Paul Toboni their new head of baseball operations. Story with @Britt_Ghiroli. First: @JeffPassan. www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

After the Nationals won in 2019, pxp guy Bob Carpenter pushed for and bought World Series rings for some of his MASN staff. During Covid, he got 60 gift cards for people out of work. Carpenter is retiring this year. On a legacy far beyond baseball: www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

After the Nationals won in 2019, pxp guy Bob Carpenter pushed for and bought World Series rings for some of his MASN staff. During Covid, he got 60 gift cards for people out of work. Carpenter is retiring this year. On a legacy far beyond baseball: www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Another interesting name in this is Royals AGM Scott Sharp, who went to George Washington University, where the Lerner family has strong ties.

Red Sox AGM Eddie Romero interviewed for the Nationals GM job, according to an industry source. Washington is aiming to make a decision on the job by season’s end.

I spoke with current/former GMs, coaches, players, and broadcasters about the Tom Brady analyst/owner "conflict of interest" controversy ahead of Sunday's Raiders-Commanders game. Open for all. open.substack.com/pub/lastmans...

for Bandwagon, I wrote about the Tigers, Angels, and Rangers not offering maternity leave; how that wasn't even the main point of the story that brought that fact to light; and how people care only care about sexism when it's salacious. bandwagon.substack.com/p/71-its-ant...

NEWS: the Orioles quietly promoted Mike Elias to president this winter. The team is starting a search for a GM under him now, sources tell me and @Ken_Rosenthal

Tigers’ business CEO defends organization after investigation of misconduct toward women: www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

ISE CEO Ryan Gustafson commended the women who came forward to The Athletic as brave. He said the allegations in the report shocked him. He also said the report had a “gross mischaracterization of the culture here” & contradicted himself several times. ⬇️ t.co/1JweSqDXAT

At least eight men employed by the Tigers, its business arm or broadcast partner have been accused of misconduct toward women since 2023, including four VPs and two other high-ranking employees, an investigation by The Athletic found. ✍️ @brittghiroli.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

A former major-leaguer’s next pitch: Develop a bright baseball future for Native American players. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/660... Cal Ripken Jr., the trainer and the record that almost didn’t happen

Sliders: For the quietly competitive Marlins, rookie Jakob Marsee is a disciplined dynamo -- plus David Bednar's glove story, Victor Robles talks about his pet monkeys, and more fun stuff! www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Ken makes some excellent points on the Brewers in this column. And @dougglanville.bsky.social and I asked Christian Yelich about this very topic on the most recent Starkville theathletic.lnk.to/windTX