Dealing with a rash of preseason injuries, the Philadelphia Flyers have made a move to give themselves some forward depth as the regular season quickly approaches.
On Sunday afternoon, the Flyers announced that they had signed veteran enforcer Garrett Wilson, who featured on the fourth line alongside captain Sean Couturier and Noel Acciari in Saturday's preseason finale against Washington, to a one-year, two-way contract worth $850k.
Wilson, 35, was previously on an AHL contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, but by signing an NHL contract, Wilson can now appear in NHL games for the Flyers if and when needed.
Currently, forwards Denver Barkey (lower-body) and Nikita Grebenkin (undisclosed) are banged up, leaving the Flyers with Wilson and Carl Grundstrom as the spare healthy forwards on the roster.
Grundstrom, who played in 47 regular season games and three playoff games for the Flyers last season, is likely the first man up to fill an every-night role for the Flyers, but the veteran Wilson will stand in behind him for depth.
Top forward prospects like Jett Luchanko and Cole Knuble will only be called up for the Flyers if they are required to play regular, nightly roles in the top-nine.
Until an injury necessitates their presence, the Flyers will prefer to have Luchanko and Knuble playing large quantities of minutes as top-line players in the AHL.
Barkey and Grebenkin are questionable for the Flyers' season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30 p.m. at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday night.
Sep 26, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Atlanta Braves center fielder Michael Harris II (23), left fielder Mike Yastrzemski (18) and right fielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. (49) celebrate a win over the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
This is a Braves-Marlins game thread, but also one for…
Cubs @ Red Sox (neutral site game in St. Petersburg)
Rays @ Phillies
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Because we know y’all are haters scoreboard watchers. So have at it!
Maybe it’s counterintuitive, but this is the happiest game thread I’ve written all year. You’d think there would be a bit of a letdown, going from what could have been the most dramatic Game 162 in team history to what amounts to a meaningless tune-up game.
That’s not the important part. My Sunday coverage meant that almost every regular game I did this year was the final game of a series, in one way or another. This is the last game thread of the last series of the last week of the 2026 season. Usually, that means one thing and one thing only.
But things are not usual, and with a feeling that would have been unimaginable six months ago, we can say for certain that this will not be the final game thread of 2026 on South Side Sox. And I can say for certain that I’ve never been close to this happy to write a preview of any Sox game in the month of September.
Not to sound too much like Bill Simmons, but in my head, I’m queuing up the great final battle scene of Return of the King and imagining Aragorn riding a horse rallying his troops. It’s the culmination of the ultimate comeback story. We’ve watched our protagonist move from among the last descendants of an ancient bloodline reduced to wandering in the wilderness, to the top of his old society. He was leading his army into near-certain death, sure, but goddamn if he wasn’t going out as the King of Gondor.
There will be a final game thread on South Side Sox. The ride will eventually end, whether we’ve enjoyed it or not. But it is not THIS day. I see in your eyes fear of a Houston Astros team currently in their Western Roman Empire phase and a Texas Rangers team that’s scored the fewest and allowed the most runs of any (potential) playoff qualifier. Maybe it’s justified, and the season will end by Thursday. But it is not THIS day, and when that day comes, they’ll go out as a playoff-caliber team.
“Wandering in the wilderness” is a truly generous way to describe the White Sox in recent years. When the Ancien Régime was finally deposed in 2023, we were dreadfully made to understand that the team’s next phase involved a competitive window opening in 2027, making it more than a decade of descending from “mired in mediocrity” to “mired in record-setting awfulness.” I was in such denial that I thought Luis Robert Jr. could still help form the nucleus of the next Sox team that would play meaningful September baseball.
And yet, here they are. A playoff team, arriving on the big stage somehow even earlier than expected despite a less-than-24-month-old nadir of a depth that shocked even our greatest cynics. If the White Sox are Aragorn, they’ve got their army, and they’re marching on Mordor. Even if it’s minuscule, there’s always a chance that Frodo could still make it to the top of the mountain. Ceiling be damned, the important thing at this point is that they’re there.
The 2026 White Sox: So remarkable that there is, in fact, a there there.
I almost forgot that a game is still happening. Here are nine guys that may or may not be looking forward to playing baseball this afternoon:
Kyle Freeland is like if Jordan Lyles became a local legend instead of the great journeyman of the 2010s. First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. CT from Rate Field (in what could, however, be the last home contest of the year). Standard broadcasts will be available on CHSN (TV) and ESPN 1000 AM (radio). We’ll see you there!
SEATTLE, WA - SEPTEMBER 26: J.P. Crawford #3 of the Seattle Mariners rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the seventh inning during the game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Saturday, September 26, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Connor Jalbert/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
It’s a common misconception that we can’t see the stars during the day because the Sun is too bright, the relative luminosity of our proper-noun Sun overpowering the distant, cold light of the rest of the galaxy’s stars. It seems intuitive – the human eye is limited in the range of the light spectrum it can distinguish at once, and exceptionally good at adjusting to levels of ambient light. You can’t see a candle if it’s in front of a spotlight, for example, and our pupils contract and dilate in the dark and the light.
The difference is slight, but it’s a different concept – it’s actually the sky that washes out the stars until night falls. The Sun’s light hits the atmosphere, the layers of gas that makes our planet inhabitable, and it scatters, creating a strong, cohesive blanket of diffused light that hides the stars from us.
The overall suckiness of this 2026 Mariners team has felt like a relentless sun beating down on us, meeting and scattering across the atmosphere of a unyieldingly and increasingly foul discourse. To be clear, I can’t say that I 100% blame The Discourse – between players playing hurt, underperformance from stars, performance from reinforcements, concussions, managing decisions, on and on and on, there has been plenty of fuel for the fire. But this year, it’s felt like the little moments of joy, the stars of this season, have felt few, far between, and hard to see.
In the final weekend of the season (for Seattle, at least), both the Mariners failure to make the playoffs and the farewell festivities for Rick Rizzs have shone brightest. The fact that this is likely our farewell to J.P. Crawford, Mariner, has felt a little bit lost in the scatter.
We got to go to the game last night in person, only our second game of the year (I once again publicly manifest a high-speed rail between Bellingham and Sodo), and as we sat down, I realized that more likely that not, this was the last time we’d see J.P. Crawford play as a Mariner, in person.
I had the same thought as he came to the plate in the seventh inning and tapped it with his bat: this was the last J.P. AB we would get. I hoped it would be a good one.
When he launched that ball, into the right field stands a couple of sections over from us, deep into the night sky, it felt for just a moment like he was launching us out into space, above the atmosphere, where we could still see the stars, where we could still feel joy at a ballgame, where baseball could feel like this again. He brought us one last moment of magic in a mundane season. He, like he has since 2019, made Seattle baseball fun.
The time for full J.P. tributes will come. But today, I’m still basking in the joy of that perfect home run.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Last October, Cam Schlittler ended the Red Sox's season. On Tuesday night, the Wapole, Mass. native gets the first crack at doing it again.
The Yankees will start Schlittler in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, manager Aaron Boone announced Sunday. Max Fried starts Game 2 on Wednesday. Gerrit Cole pitches Game 3 on Thursday if the series gets that far.
The Yankees took their time getting here. For most of the last week, they debated holding Schlittler for Game 2 to go easier on his arm, with Fried or Cole opening.
Schlittler went 14-6 with a 1.95 ERA this season. He struck out 239 in 193 ⅔ innings over 33 starts and held hitters to a 0.92 WHIP. No Yankees pitcher had posted a lower ERA since 1978. He's the favorite for the AL Cy Young Award.
Boston has already seen what he can do in this series. Last October, he struck out 12 over eight scoreless innings in the deciding game in the Bronx. That was Game 3. The Yankees needed it because Fried lost Game 1, and they came back behind Carlos Rodón and Schlittler.
This time Fried pitches second. Injuries have broken up his season, and he hasn't thrown more than 100 pitches in a game since May. Rodón (7-3, 2.67 ERA) is left out of the wild card rotation. That could line him up to open the AL Division Series, and he could help out of the bullpen before then.
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Francisco Lindor has added another milestone to his already impressive resume.
The Mets' star shortstop smacked the 300th home run of his career, going back-to-back with Ronny Mauricio in the top of the second on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park.
Lindor has seemingly been pressing since toeing the mark after cracking two as part of a monster game a couple of weeks ago in the Subway Series, but he was finally able to reach it on the final day of the season.
He used a September power surge to get there, lifting seven in the final month of the year.
Of his 300 career dingers, 292 have come as a shortstop, with the other eight coming while serving as the DH.
The only two players in MLB history with more home runs as a SS are Cal Ripken Jr. (345) and Alex Rodriguez (344).
"We know how rare [300 HR's] is in baseball, but even how rarer it is as a shortstop," manager Andy Green recently said. "We know what he’s battled through in the times where he hadn’t performed up to expectation in his own mind, and he always comes back and performs no matter what.
"You look up at the end of the year, and that’s exactly what Francisco Lindor does -- we’re well past a decade in his career right now, and it’s really, really special what he’s been able to do at this level."
DETROIT, MI - AUGUST 22: Max Scherzer #37 and Justin Verlander #35 of the Detroit Tigers walk together in the dugout during the game against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park on August 22, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The Twins defeated the Tigers 7-6. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | Getty Images
Today marks the final game of the 2026 season for the Cincinnati Reds who, with 86 losses already on their ledger, have clinched a last place finish in the National League Central division and have once again missed the playoffs.
Surprisingly, it’ll be the final game of the season for the Toronto Blue Jays, too. After coming within earshot of a World Series title just last season, their season collapsed early and often and they, too will wrap up today with no postseason play on their docket.
What remains to be seen, though, is whether today marks the final game of something else, too.
Future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer will get the ball to start today for Toronto, and this may well be the final game in which he plays. Just yesterday his former teammate (and fellow future Hall of Famer) Justin Verlander pitched for the final time for the Detroit Tigers, and Verlander now sits just one spot ahead of Scherzer among the Top 10 strikeout leaders of all time.
In fact, if Scherzer were to fan 11 Reds today, he’d pass his old teammate on the all time list. So keep that in mind when you watch the Reds flail at the plate today.
Lefty Brandon Williamson will start for Cincinnati today, while Sal Stewart will try to homer often enough to a) raise his season OPS back into the 800s and b) catch the MLB RBI lead on this final day.
First pitch is set for 3:07 PM ET. Here’s how both clubs will line up to begin:
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues have claimed defenseman Justin Barron off waivers from the Nashville Predators on Sunday, and defenseman Adam Jiricek was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League.
Barron, 24, spent the past two seasons with the Nashville Predators and has one year remaining on a contract with a cap hit/average annual value of $1.575 million before he can become a restricted free agent at the end of the current season.
The Blues are already down a defenseman, with Tyler Tucker (tweaked right knee) sidelined a week to this point and potentially could miss more time; they have 32-year-old Calle Rosen up as insurance as the seventh defenseman on the 23-man roster, which needs to be submitted to the league by 4 p.m. (CT) on Monday.
Rosen and goalie Georgii Romanov were placed on waivers by the Blues on Sunday.
Barron is 6-foot-2, 198 pounds and is a first-round pick (No. 25) in the 2020 NHL Draft by the Colorado Avalanche who had nine assists in 52 games with the Predators last season; he also spent two-plus seasons with the Montreal Canadiens from 2022-25.
Barron has 52 points (18 goals, 34 assists) in 208 career regular-season NHL games and is expected to be on the 23-man roster that must be submitted by Monday and presumably will be on the practice ice on Monday as well ahead of the Blues departing on a team bonding trip for a few days to Austin, Texas ahead of their season-opener Friday against the Dallas Stars.
The Blues, depending on Mailloux's injury, have decided to opt for experience but have also brought up Jiricek, a 2024 first-round pick who had a really solid camp before being sent down to the Thunderbirds on Friday.
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WE ARE SO BACK! Almost, at least… The Utah Jazz will begin preparations for the highly anticipated 2026-27 season this week, starting Monday, September 28th, with media day. It feels like years ago that we sat in our living rooms together on Mother’s Day and watched as the Utah Jazz won the second overall pick in the NBA draft. Somehow it feels even longer ago that the Jazz used that second overall pick to select the highly touted guard from Kansas, Darryn Peterson. After watching Summer League and analyzing every workout video the Jazz and various player development coaches posted on socials, we finally reached the eve of the 2026-27 season, which is finally getting underway.
So now that we’re here, here are the most intriguing storylines to watch as training camp unfolds.
The Keyonte, Lauri, JJJ Connection
Keyonte George, Lauri Markkanen, and Jaren Jackson Jr. are the unquestioned three best players on this Jazz roster. All three are locked in with long-term contracts, and all three seem to have something to prove to the NBA ecosystem. Lauri has never made the playoffs and, in fact, is the most experienced active NBA player who has never done so. Jaren Jackson Jr. has had some amazing years in the league. He has accolades like All-Star appearances and a Defensive Player of the Year award. But after some rough years in Memphis, riddled with injury, team-wide underperformance, and well… The Ja Morant stuff… JJJ is looking to bounce back in a big way and remind the league who he is. The Utah Jazz front office just rewarded Keyonte George with a brand-new 5-year contract for his hard work and production. His year on a tanking team was impressive, no doubt, but he is out to prove he can bring that same production to a team looking to make real noise in a crowded Western Conference. The one thing that you can count on this season is that these three guys will be in the starting lineup on opening night. As exciting as Darryn Peterson and Ace Bailey are, these three need to rise to the top and be the all-star-caliber players they are if this team wants to compete for the playoffs this year. They haven’t played much together at all, but their chemistry and connection will be vital, ESPECIALLY early this year, as the pieces fall into place around them.
Who Fills Out the Rotation?
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The Jazz have around 7-8 pretty surefire rotational players, depending on who you ask. One of the bigger storylines to watch as preseason and training camp progress is which players rise above the rest to solidify regular minutes once the regular season starts. Names to watch for those final few rotation spots include Brice Sensabaugh, Svi Mykhailiuk, Josh Green, and Josh Okogie. That doesn’t even include other guys like Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski. Those minutes will likely come down to who can play defense, since the Jazz already have plenty of shots, but if a guy like Brice Sensabaugh improves his defense by any meaningful amount, he will be hard to keep off the floor given his nuclear shooting.
The Ceiling Raisers
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – JULY 7: Ace Bailey #19 and Darryn Peterson #22 of the Utah Jazz look on during the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2026 NBA Salt Lake City Summer League on July 7, 2026 at Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
It is no secret who the most important players are on the Utah Jazz. If the Jazz want to get to where they have their sights set, Darryn Peterson and Ace Bailey need to be NBA stars. The only short-term issue is that Darryn is 19 years old, and Ace just turned 20 in August. Their talent is undeniable, but they’re very young, and players that young rarely help you win much. That being said, there are always outliers. We all saw Donovan Mitchell take the NBA world by storm in his rookie year, ultimately leading the Jazz to a playoff series win. I am personally endlessly intrigued and excited to watch both Darryn and Ace learn and grow under Will Hardy. Darryn is one of the best guard prospects that we have seen in the last 10 years. Ace is an absolute monster who can get a bucket from anywhere on the floor. What if those two just pop? What if training camp starts and they look like budding superstars ready to be unleashed? I am not saying that it is likely or that you should even count on it, but I will be watching very carefully how those two look together because if they look ready? The league better watch out…
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Sunday that they signed defenseman Nick Blankenburg to a one-year contract. According to PuckPedia, the deal is worth $1.4 million, converting the 28-year-old’s professional tryout into a roster contract two days before opening night.
Last season was the best offensive year of Blankenburg’s career. He recorded eight goals and 24 points in 61 games between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche, averaging 16:48 per night. He had 21 points in 49 games with Nashville before a March deadline trade to Colorado, then added three points in 12 regular-season games and a goal in five playoff appearances. For his NHL career, the undrafted University of Michigan product has 18 goals and 58 points in 176 games with Columbus, Nashville and Colorado. He is 5-foot-9 and 177 pounds, a right shot who has never been defined by size.
Head coach Jim Hiller, seemingly impressed with the player's camp, stated that Blankenburg is an NHL defenseman. The Leafs were fortunate he was available on a tryout. The $1.4 million number, negotiated with agent Pat Brisson of CAA Hockey, is more than the league minimum some fans wanted, but it is still a depth price for a player coming off career-high production.
The signing does not come without cap work. PuckPedia projects Toronto $3.808 million over the $104 million upper limit once Blankenburg’s hit is on the books. The club has to be compliant when it files an opening roster by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, ahead of Tuesday’s season opener.
🖊️ We’ve signed defenceman Nick Blankenburg to a one-year contract
The most direct path is long-term injured reserve. Max Domi, who has not been on the ice in camp while recovering from complications stemming from offseason surgery, carries a $3.75 million cap hit. PuckPedia’s model has the Leafs submitting an opening roster with Domi and William Villeneuve ($68,000 season-opening IR charge) on LTIR and coming within about $10,000 of an optimal LTIR capture.
With Blankenburg signed for 1.4M, #Leafsforever are 3.808M projected over the cap. They can submit an opening roster with Domi (3.75M) and Villeneuve (68K SOIR) on LTIR and come within $10K of an optimal LTIR capture. https://t.co/gG2oRpjZ3A
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The aftermath of the biggest hit by cWPA in franchise history: J.P. Crawford’s walk-off double against the Texas Rangers to win 3-2 on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Today, we’ll test one of the great questions in our beautiful game.
Jimmy got this wrong, of course (as he did so many things). There is so much crying in baseball. I don’t know that I’ll cry for Randy—it still feels like a dream that he ever even became a Mariner. But for sure, I will cry for J.P. and for Rick. In fact, when I think of J.P. Crawford, one of the moments that always comes to mind is baseball crying.
That was five years ago. It’s hard to believe how much has happened with the Mariners since then and how central J.P. Crawford has been to all of it. He’ll start at shortstop today, as he has more times than anyone else in a Mariners uniform.
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Kade Anderson’s x-rays came back negative after taking a comebacker off his throwing arm in the fourth inning last night. He’ll have more imaging done to make sure they didn’t miss anything, but he said he knew immediately that although it hurt like hell, it didn’t break anything. He also said this isn’t the first time this happened to him: he got hit hard once like this in college, so he pretty much knew what to expect and didn’t freak out when his arm went dead.
I’m glad to know at least one person was not freaking out about this because I sure as hell was.
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Hooooooo boy. Around here, we refer to 710 as Old Reliable, but they’re actually not that reliable. Today, for instance, the ostensible “Seattle Mariners Radio Network” will bump the Mariners over to 770 in favor of the Seahawks. But we all know what we’ve really meant by Old Reliable. Rick Rizzs’s final call will also be simulcast on the tv broadcast for the ninth inning. There is so much crying in baseball.
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Jared Jones #17 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches in the first inning during the game against the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park on September 22, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Pittsburgh Pirates are wrapping up the regular season as they take on the Detroit Tigers in game 162.
Jared Jones (5-6, 3.87 ERA) is making the start for the Pirates. Jones has made 20 starts this season, bouncing back after missing the entire 2025 campaign due to injury. His ERA is lower than it was in his rookie year in 2024, and the Pirates have seen signs of growth that could carry him toward being part of the rotation in 2027. In his last start on September 22, Jones pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing just 1 hit and striking out 9 in a 2-0 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park. Jones would love to finish off his season with a great start.
River Ryan (0-0, 0.00 ERA) is getting the start for the Tigers. He was in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league system for the last couple of years before being traded for Tarek Skubel in early August. He was called up on September 21 and pitched three innings, striking out three against the Washington Nationals. Now, he will get one more shot before the Tigers head into the offseason.
Location: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet Pittsburgh
Pitching Matchup: Jared Jones (5-6, 3.87 ERA) vs. River Ryan (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
BD community, this is your gameday thread for today’s game against the Detroit Tigers. Chime off in the comments section below.
DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 22: Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland (21) receives support in the dugout after a pitching change in the fourth inning during a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on September 22, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The sun has finally risen on the last day of the last day of the 2026 Major League Baseball regular season. Today marks Game 162 of 162 an the Colorado Rockies are in the South Side of Chicago for one last game against the White Sox.
The Rockies played spoiler last night, handing a loss to the White Sox while also handing the American League Central to the Cleveland Guardians. Now the Rockies seek to end a rough September, a long campaign, and their fourth consecutive season with 100 or more losses on a high note with a win this afternoon. Should the Rockies emerge victorious, it will be their first series win since the beginning of the month.
On the mound today for the Rockies—and perhaps making his final start for his hometown team—is left-handed pitcher Kyle Freeland. It has been a long and difficult season for the 33-year-old from Denver as he has dealt with injuries and poor performances. His 6.58 ERA in 25 starts is the second worst figure of his career—trailing only a miserable 2019 where he struggled with mechanical issues and spent time in Triple-A Albuquerque.
Freeland gave up five earned runs on nine hits his last time out against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field. Should this indeed be the last time we see him suit up for the Rockies, it would be nice to see him end things with a good outing.
Toeing the rubber for the White Sox this afternoon is left-handed veteran Anthony Kay. Kay, 31, is bringing his first full MLB season since 2023 to a close. He spent the 2024 and 2025 campaigns with Japan’s Yokohama DeNA Baystars.
Kay owns a 4.53 ERA in 32 appearances—30 of which were starts—for the White Sox this season. In 153 innings he has 125 strikeouts to 54 walks, though there is some wildness in him. Kay currently leads the league in hit batters with 25. His primary pitch is a sweeper that he backs up with a mid-90s four-seam fastball and a sinker. He also throws a cutter, a changeup, and a traditional slider. This will be Kay’s first time facing the Rockies in his big league career.
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