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And then there were four! We’re down to the last four teams vying for the World Series, and by the middle of next week, we’ll have that matchup set. The Brewers are set to take on the Dodgers for the National League pennant, while the American League features the Rays against the Guardians.

This space will remain open through the entire NLCS/ALCS, so feel free to use it as a place to centralize your discussion, especially when it comes to the Rays-Guardians series.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians (TBS & HBO Max)

The Rays steamrolled through their division rival Yankees, as the only team to sweep in the Division Series round. That means they’re set up extremely well for the ALCS, as they’ve only used three starting pitchers and their entire pitching staff should be rested up enough to pitch without issue. They’ve been pretty solid offensively with a balanced attack, as Jonathan Aranda, Junior Caminero, and Yandy Díaz lead the way. Victor Mesa Jr. and Ryan Vilade both homered in the ALDS, and they also have plenty of speed, swiping three bags in the ALDS and 164 during the regular season, good for second in the majors. On the other side, the Guardians stormed back from a 2-0 deficit in their ALDS, winning three straight (including two on the road) to take down the White Sox and advance to the ALCS. The Guardians are roughly middle of the pack on both sides of the ball, but they do have a solid top of the rotation with Parker Messick and Gavin Williams. Offensively, they’re led by potential future Hall of Famer José Ramírez.

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (FOX/FS1 & FOX One)

The Brewers and Dodgers both got through the NLDS in four games, meaning they’re lined up well for the NLCS with three off days in between play. The story of this series will be the pitching, as the Brewers are anchored by Jacob Misiorowski and Logan Henderson atop the rotation, while the Dodgers have plenty of veterans in the form of Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell, and Tarik Skubal, as well as staff ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Don’t overlook these offenses either — the Dodgers have the big names in Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Andy Pages, Max Muncy, Kyle Tucker, Will Smith, and Teoscar Hernández, but the Brewers have a scrappy, young team that can give opposing defenses fits. They also have some veteran leadership in the form of Christian Yelich, William Contreras, Brice Turang, and, even though he’s only 22, outfielder Jackson Chourio, who is in his third playoff campaign. Check out our full series preview here. This should be a really fun series to watch.

Major League Baseball’s final four is set, after the Cleveland Guardians dispatched the Chicago White Sox to end their American League Division Series on Saturday night. Cleveland will play the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS beginning Monday while Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers start their National League Championship Series on Sunday night.

Only one player has played for all four of these franchises — pitcher Jamey Wright, who pitched for 19 major league seasons, first as a starter before moving to relief. Wright, who pitched for 10 different teams, famously made eight straight teams as a non-roster invitee, including in 2012 with the Dodgers.

His second go-around with the Dodgers was on a guaranteed contract in 2014, snapping his string of minor league deals.

Wright for several years worked out in a gray Oklahoma Sooners T-shirt, which he used every day until the stitching simply gave out.

“It’s kind of a proud thing. For so many years, I put it on right when I got to the ballpark every day. That was my workout shirt, and there was a lot of pregame workouts,” Wright recalled in 2021. “It’s been washed thousands of times. It’s not too much to look at, but it’s got some serious sentimental value to me.”

After not pitching in 2015, Wright attempted a comeback with the Dodgers in 2016, back to his familiar non-roster invitee role. Wright, then 41 years old, did not make the team and chose to retire on the final day of spring camp in Arizona. That was Dave Roberts’ first spring training as Dodgers manager, and Wright on the day he retired proved quite prescient.

“I’ll be sad that I don’t get to play for him this year, because he is a class act,” Wright said of Roberts in March 2016. “I’ve known since the first day he addressed this team they’ve got something to look forward to this summer in LA because he’s as good as they get.”

Roberts is in his 11th season as Dodgers manager, having already won five pennants and three World Series, and is second all-time in MLB history with 72 postseason wins.

Five years later, when Wright was pitching coach for Triple-A Oklahoma City, he shared that when Roberts told him he didn’t make the team in 2016, he offered to fly Wright and his family out to the Freeway Series for one last hurrah in a major league ballpark, but he declined.

I reminded Roberts in 2021 of Wright’s comments from 2016:

“That means a lot. That’s as good a compliment as you can get from somebody I really respect,” Roberts said this week when reminded of Wright’s words from five years ago. “I felt a little slighted because I didn’t get a chance to spend more time with him. I wish we had a chance to play together. We competed against each other many times.

“I remember a front-door cutter that he threw, and it hit me right in the knee one time. I haven’t forgotten that one. I guess with the compliment, we’re even.”

MILWAUKEE –– The Dodgers made one change to their playoff roster for their National League Championship Series against the Brewers, adding pitcher Justin Wrobleski and dropping speedster Hyeseong Kim.

Veteran infielder Miguel Rojas was also included in the group, confirming he will be available for the series despite battling a back injury in recent days.

Ahead of Game 1 of the NLCS on Sunday, the Dodgers announced their 26-man squad for the series –– which, unlike in the NL Division Series, was equally balanced with 13 pitchers and 13 position players.

Wrobleski was the extra arm added, coming off an All-Star season in which he went 12-5 with a 3.66 ERA, but also struggled with home run problems down the stretch.

The 26-year-old will likely provide insurance in a long-relief role. He also gives the Dodgers another left-hander out of the bullpen.

Kim’s removal was no surprise, after he spent much of the season in triple-A and was only called back up to be a base-running and defensive specialist in the NLDS.

The only way he might have survived would have been if Rojas was unable to go because of his back problem, which he suffered in Game 3 of the NLDS and left him unavailable for Game 4.

However, Rojas came through a couple workouts this week feeling good, ensuring he will remain in the Dodgers’ plans.

Everything about the team’s playoff roster also remained unchanged, as they enter a marquee pitching matchup Sunday night that will see Tarik Skubal face off with Jacob Misiorowski.

The Pfister Hotel is one of Milwaukee's signature spots for out-of-towners, if not the No. 1 landing spot. Dignitaries (including Donald Trump) stayed there during the 2024 Republican National Convention, leading to a major blockade around the building.

Most Major League Baseball teams in town to play the Milwaukee Brewers take up temporary residence at the downtown hotel, though sometimes, they're not alone.

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The hotel has become famous for freaking out a number of MLB players with its eerie incidents. Numerous players have confessed they don't sleep well in the hotel, which opened in 1893.

Mookie Betts, who has famously rented an Airbnb when the Los Angeles Dodgers play in Milwaukee, is among those who will presumably seek alternate accommodations with the Dodgers in town for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, beginning Oct. 11.

Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, meanwhile? He ain't afraid of no ghost.

"If there's a ghost in there, come on in," Muncy said Oct. 10, one day before the start of the NLCS. "If the TV turns on, I know he's friendly. Hopefully he's just not there to disturb me. I welcome them. If there's a ghost, let's have a good time with it, come on in. It is what it is."

Here's a look at the track record of the haunted hotel and the baseball players who won't be booking a vacation there anytime soon:

2001: Adrián Beltré

The Dodgers star said he heard knocking at his door while staying at the Pfister, even with the TV and air conditioner turned off.

2008: Carlos Gómez

It's a good thing that Gomez ultimately joined the Brewers and didn't have to stay overnight in a hotel. In 2008 as a member of the Minnesota Twins, he was quoted as saying, "Everything's scary. Everything in the hotel — the paintings and pictures, it's a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man. No good."

2009: Mike Cameron

The Brewers outfielder didn't actually have a story since he could live locally, but he said he'd never stay in the Pfister after hearing other players' stories.

2009: Brendan Ryan 

"It was more like a moving light that kind of passed through the room," the St. Louis Cardinals infielder told a local TV station. "The room got a little bit chillier."

2009: Pablo Sandoval

The San Francisco Giants infielder told ESPN in 2013 about an experience he had in 2009. "I went to take a shower, and I remember putting my iPod next to a speaker. When I came out, it was playing music, and I have no idea why." Sandoval and teammate Edgar Renteria refused to stay with the rest of the team at the Pfister in 2010.

2011: Michael Young

Also speaking in 2013, the former Texas Rangers player said: "A couple of years ago, I was lying in bed after a night game, and I was out. My room was locked, but I heard these footsteps inside my room, stomping around."

2012: Bryce Harper

The Philadelphia Phillies star, then with the Washington Nationals, said one year after his experience: "I laid a pair of jeans and a shirt on that table at the foot of the bed. When I woke up in the morning — I swear on everything — the clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room."

2013: Brandon Phillips 

In a lengthy ESPN article detailing other athletes' experiences, Phillips said he was in his room when the radio turned on. "So I turned it off, and got in the shower," he said. When he came back out, it was on again.

2013: C.J. Wilson

The article also details a creepy undated experience by Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson, who made his one start at Miller Park in 2013.

"I was on the computer one night, doing my typical shtick — surfing the web, sending an email, editing a photo — and then, all of a sudden, the lights started flickering," Wilson said. "I'm thinking to myself, 'I'm going to be so pissed if my computer dies.' Then the light just shuts off. And then the TV shuts off. And then the light turns back on, but the light at the front door turns off. I just yelled out, 'Really?'

"So after that, I went back to whatever I was doing on the computer, but then 30 minutes later, there's scratching in the walls. Now I'm thinking, 'OK, it's the Midwest. There could be a possum or something in the wall, right? That's possible, isn't it?' All I knew was that there were definitely noises coming from the wall."

Wilson said everyone on his team had a story. "One dude got locked in his bathroom and he had to get the hotel to get him out. Another guy had the lights turn off when he was in the shower. Another guy saw something.

"I don't get terribly concerned unless things start shattering in the room, so it was fine. I don't get that much sleep anyway. But you just get a vibe when you walk in. It almost feels like you're in Prague or something: very Gothic, lots of gold enamel, crosswalks and atriums everywhere. Being on the road so much, we're used to a standard cookie-cutter place. But this hotel totally stands alone."

2015: Shelby Miller

In 2023, former Brewers infielder Jace Peterson told a story of how he and Atlanta Braves teammate Jonny Gomes conspired to frighten Shelby Miller by stealing the all-star pitcher's key and altering his room.

2016: Ji-Man Choi

Another future Brewers player, Choi was a Los Angeles Angels first baseman at the time when he reported feeling the presence of a spirit in his bed.

2016: Pedro Álvarez

Then-Brewers manager Craig Counsell said he heard former Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Pedro Álvarez had experienced weirdness at the hotel, which matches up with a story told in 2016 by Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. Hurdle didn't name names but said one of his players became spooked when a TV in his room turned on twice in one night. 

2016: Jon Gray

Colorado Rockies pitcher Jon Gray, who has a passion for ghost hunting, got a chance to tackle the Pfister in 2016.

2018: Carlos Martinez and Marcell Ozuna

St. Louis Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez expressed that he had seen some sort of floating ghost on Instagram in June, and teammate Marcell Ozuna believed he had seen something similar, so the two elected to room together.

The sound crew at Miller Park got in on the fun by playing the "Ghostbusters" theme during a meeting on the mound mid-game.

2022: The Atlanta Braves

OK, so we can't technically blame the spectral plane for a power outage in downtown Milwaukee, but when the Atlanta Braves were left without power and (in some cases) running water, we figured we could add it to the list.

“By mid-morning, I was thinking if I don’t hurry up and get in the shower, all the hot water’s going to be gone, and it was," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "I took a cold shower. But I had water. In other parts of the place, the water went out when the power did.”

Snitker joked about a possible solution to the shower issue situated a few blocks away from the Pfister Hotel:

“There’s a big lake there,” he said, referring to nearby Lake Michigan.

2023-24: Mookie Betts

Dodgers star Mookie Betts said he doesn't believe in ghosts, but just in case, he first elected to stay at an Airbnb in Milwaukee with friends while the rest of the team stayed at the Pfister in 2023.

He repeated that ritual in 2024 and 2025, staying separate from the team to avoid the Pfister.

Betts told Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register on May 9, and Plunkett tweeted out the humorous anecdote.

"Has stayed at Pfister before (and the Vinoy in St. Pete, another allegedly haunted hotel) and has no stories to tell," Plunkett wrote. "'But I couldn't sleep. Every noise, I'd be like, 'Is that something?!?'"

It seams teammate Teoscar Hernández is also not a huge fan of the spectral.

2023: Vinnie Pasquantino

Again, no specific sightings this time, but there was a fun anecdote that the Kansas City Royals first baseman brought his mother on the trip to Milwaukee given that she loves all things "spooky" (and the Pfister certainly qualifies) while Pasquantino doesn't have the same affinity.

2023: Brent Rooker

The Oakland Athletics standout said something kept changing the channel in his room.

“I’ll have it on like Golf Channel and I’ll be on my laptop looking down. I look back up and it’s on QVC or some other channel that definitely is not Golf Channel,” Rooker said to MLB.com writer Martín Gallegos. “That’s happened a few times. I fell asleep with it on one night and woke up at like 4 a.m. and it was off, which I figured was just like a sleep timer. I woke back up at 7:30 or 8 and it was back on, and on a different channel than I had fallen asleep with it on. It’s just kind of small stuff like that.”

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Is famous Milwaukee hotel haunted? MLB players have been spooked for decades

The Los Angeles Dodgers made one change to their roster for the National League Championship Series, bringing pitcher Justin Wrobleski back into the 26-man squad for infielder Hyeseong Kim.

Los Angeles will now be carrying 13 pitchers for this best-of-seven series that gets underway in Milwaukee on Sunday, Oct. 11.

"Having a guy that can go two or three, is something where you essentially protect downside on the pitching," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said a day before Game 1. "I think for us it's more of who can take down a couple innings if something in a medium to lower leverage situation."

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Wrobleski was an All-Star starting pitcher this season, but transitioned into bulk work – mostly out of the bullpen – in September to prepare for the postseason. The left-hander made four scoreless appearances in the 2025 World Series, including in the Game 6 and 7 wins in Toronto that secured the Dodgers' second consecutive title.

The speedy Kim, 27, is in his second season with the Dodgers after coming over from Korea and made one appearance in LA's NLDS win over Atlanta as a defensive replacement.

Infielder Miguel Rojas, who left Game 4 of the NLDS due to tightness in his lower back, is on the roster as expected.

Dodgers NLCS roster

Pitchers

• Kris Bubic (LHP)
• Edwin Díaz (RHP)
• Tyler Glasnow (RHP)
• Edgardo Henriquez (RHP)
• Evan Phillips (RHP)
• Roki Sasaki (RHP)
• Tanner Scott (LHP)
• Tarik Skubal (LHP)
• Blake Snell (LHP)
• Brock Stewart (RHP)
• Alex Vesia (LHP)
• Justin Wrobleski (LHP)
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP)

Hitters

• Mookie Betts (INF)
• Josue De Paula (OF)
• Tommy Edman (UTL)
• Hunter Feduccia (C)
• Freddie Freeman (1B)
• Kiké Hernández (UTL)
• Teoscar Hernández (OF)
• Max Muncy (INF)
• Shohei Ohtani (DH)
• Andy Pages (OF)
• Miguel Rojas (INF)
• Will Smith (C)
• Kyle Tucker (OF)

The Dodgers added left-handed reliever Justin Wrobleski to the National League Championship Series roster on Sunday, bolstering their bullpen with a pitcher who can cover multiple innings, as they take on the Milwaukee Brewers, the best team in the regular season.

In the Dodgers’ first best-of-seven series of the postseason, they will carry 13 pitchers and 13 position players — one more pitcher and one fewer position player than the previous round.

To even the balance, they left pinch-runner/defensive replacement Hyeseong Kim off the NLCS roster. Kim appeared in just one game in the NLDS, on defense in the ninth inning of Game 4.

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Wrobleski was an All-Star for his first-half performance (2.69 ERA). But an up and down second half included a short stint in the injured list, as the team kept an eye on his workload, and a move to the bullpen. He finished the season strong, allowing just one run in his last eight appearances (8 ⅔ innings).

“Length, having a guy that can go two or three, is something where you essentially protect downside on the pitching,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday when asked what traits the Dodgers would prioritize when considering which pitcher to add. “As far as handedness, they’re pretty balanced, so that really doesn’t come into play. For us, it’s more of who can take down a couple innings.”

Here’s the Dodgers’ full NLCS roster:

Infielders (6)

1B Freddie Freeman

3B Max Muncy

SS Mookie Betts

IF Miguel Rojas

UTL Kiké Hernández

UTL Tommy Edman

Outfielders (3)

LF Teoscar Hernández

CF Andy Pages

RF Kyle Tucker

Designated hitters (2)

DH Shohei Ohtani

PH Josue De Paula

Catchers (2)

C Will Smith

C Hunter Feduccia

Starting pitchers (4)

LHP Tarik Skubal

LHP Blake Snell

RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto

RHP Tyler Glasnow

Relief pitchers (9)

RHP Roki Sasaki

RHP Edwin Díaz

RHP Edgardo Henriquez

RHP Evan Phillips

RHP Brock Stewart

LHP Tanner Scott

LHP Alex Vesia

LHP Kris Bubic

LHP Justin Wrobleski

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

The Brewers have announced their roster for the National League Championship Series, and it’s the same as the Division Series roster, which should surprise no one. The likelihood that the Brewers were going to make any changes was always low. We’ll still do a quick rundown.

Catchers (2): William Contreras, Gary Sánchez

Infielders (6): Jake Bauers, David Hamilton, Joey Ortiz, Cooper Pratt, Brice Turang, Andrew Vaughn

Outfielders/DH (5): Jackson Chourio, Sal Frelick, Luis Lara, Garrett Mitchell, Christian Yelich

Pitchers (13): Aaron Ashby (L), Shane Drohan (L), Robert Gasser (L), DL Hall (L), Kyle Harrison (L), Logan Henderson (R), Dustin May (R), Trevor Megill (R), Jacob Misiorowski (R), Chad Patrick (R), JoJo Romero (L), Antonio Senzatela (R), Abner Uribe (R)

None of Drohan, Harrison, nor Patrick pitched in the Division Series against the Padres, but the Padres’ lineup was heavy on right-handers, while four of the Dodgers’ regular starters (Shohei Ohtani, Max Muncy, Freddie Freeman, and Kyle Tucker) are lefties. Combined with the longer series, one would expect that the extra lefties in the lineup would create more opportunities for Drohan and Harrison. Patrick did not have a role against the Padres; it seems his control issues in September have left him on the outside looking in for now.

As for lineup questions on the Brewers, it remains to be seen exactly how they handle left/right platoons. Sal Frelick started all three games in which right-handed pitchers started for the Padres, with Lara’s only playing time in the series coming in game one, when lefty Robbie Ray started. I’d expect this to continue, and given how well Frelick played in the DS, it will be interesting to see if he manages a start against one of the Dodgers lefties, Blake Snell and Tarik Skubal.

The bigger questions, though, center around Andrew Vaughn. Vaughn got only two plate appearances in the Padres series, as Pat Murphy opted to go with Jake Bauers at first base and a better defensive option in right field rather than start both Vaughn and Bauers. He also kept Christian Yelich in the lineup even against the left-handed Ray, and given Yelich’s leadership position and his strong showing against the Padres, it doesn’t seem likely that he’s going to start on the bench, even with the tough Skubl and Snell matchups. Would the Brewers sacrifice some defense by starting Bauers in right field and Vaughn at first base against those lefties? Is Vaughn too valuable as a high-leverage pinch-hitter? Vaughn was also recovering from what sounds like a pretty nasty illness, so his diminished playing time may not have been solely related to strategy.

The bigger roster questions came from the other side. The Dodgers carried only 12 pitchers in the Division Series, a number that was expected to get bumped up for the Championship Series. There were also some health questions around Miguel Rojas, but reports on Saturday suggested that he’d be ready. The expected move did end up happening: utility infielder Hyeseong Kim was taken off the roster, while lefty Justin Wrobleski—who started 22 games and made the All-Star team this season—was added for what will presumably be a long relief role.

Here’s the full Dodgers roster:

Catchers (2): Hunter Feduccia, Will Smith

Infielders (6): Mookie Betts, Tommy Edman, Freddie Freeman, Kiké Hernández, Max Muncy, Miguel Rojas

Outfielders (4): Josue De Paula, Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, Kyle Tucker

Designated Hitter (1): Shohei Ohtani

Pitchers (13): Kris Bubic (L), Edwin Díaz (R), Tyler Glasnow (R), Edgardo Henriquez (R), Evan Phillips (R), Roki Sasaki (R), Tanner Scott (L), Tarik Skubal (L), Blake Snell (L), Brock Stewart (R), Justin Wrobleski (L), Alex Vesia (L), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R)

Sam Fuld, former A’s outfielder and current Phillies President of Business Operations, became the first candidate offered the role of General Manager for the A’s — and then became the first candidate to say “No.” The search continues.

However, even though the A’s have not yet settled on their new GM, news of the offer to Fuld does offer some potential intel on what direction the A’s are going with regard to their search and the remaining candidates.

First off, much has been made of Fuld’s rejection of the A’s offer as if it suggests that the gig of “A’s General Manager” is unappealing and that the team will be forced to settle for its 6th choice after the first 5 turn their nose up and tell John Fisher to pound sand.

I think it’s worth noting that Fuld’s role with the Phillies is not President of Baseball Operations, the “PBO” with which A’s fans are most familiar. Rather Fuld has transitioned into the title of a different “PBO”: President of Business Operations, consistent with his 2026 MBA degree at Wharton that suggests he has settled on where his primary interests lie.

So Fuld may have preferred, ultimately, to stay in Philadelphia where his family is settled. He may have preferred, ultimately, to stay with the Phillies organization where he has continued to grow and establish his position according to his career ambitions. He may have used the A’s offer to gain leverage for a raise or extension at his current job. We really don’t know.

What we do know is that the list of candidates grew to double digits at one point and there is no indication it is an unwanted gig. It just turned out not to be a fit for Fuld and the A’s for whatever reason, but the fact that the A’s chose Fuld — even if he didn’t choose them back — tells us a few things. Maybe.

1. One indicator is that the A’s made their first offer to a relatively young candidate, Fuld being 44, suggesting that the A’s might be more interested in a younger, hipper mindset than an “old guard” grizzled veteran of the industry. This would point the compass away from a candidate such as Mike Rizzo, the 65 year old former Washington Nationals GM with a 20 year career in the front office.

2. Another indicator is that the A’s made their first offer to a candidate regarded as more “analytics based” on the pedagogical spectrum. Once the Moneyball darlings of analytics, the A’s have fallen woefully behind the competition in recent years and may be looking to boost this side of their organizational toolkit.

3. Another indicator is that the A’s made their first offer to a candidate outside the organization. You would think that if after interviewing outside candidates the A’s felt the best choice was right under their nose the whole time, they would make the offer to their own employee first. This would point the compass away from Billy Owens or interim GM Dan Feinstein.

All this is consistent with the perceived “top choice now” being Red Sox Assistant General Manager Taylor Smith. Smith is on the young side of young, by baseball front office standards, barely 30. He headed Boston’s analytics department after being poached from Tampa Bay where he was a member of their research and development team. He not comes from outside the A’s organization but has a history with the small market/big success Rays, a team whose practices the A’s would be wise to emulate.

In many ways, Smith seems like a far more natural choice than Fuld in that Smith is on the GM track whereas Fuld seems to be cementing himself more narrowly in a business pathway and Smith has more background with a smaller market franchise.

This is not to say the A’s couldn’t announce tomorrow that they have hired Rizzo, or Owens, or the 21 year front office veteran James Click. But the initial attempt to select Fuld may offer some clues as to where the search is heading — and perhaps ending in the coming days or hours…

The 2026 National League Championship Series gets underway on Sunday, Oct. 11 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers squaring off in the best-of-seven set that will determine which team advances to the World Series.

After finishing with an MLB-best 103 wins, the Brewers have home-field advantage against the Dodgers, who swept Milwaukee at this stage last season en route to a second consecutive World Series title.

"You're playing for a chance to go to a World Series. You don't need much more motivation than that regardless of who you're playing," Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich said.

"Obviously we respect them. We respect everything they've done in the game, how they go about the game. You can't say enough great things about them, but at the same time, we're ready to compete with them."

Likely NL Cy Young winner Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA) takes the mound for the Brewers while trade deadline acquisition – and back-to-back Cy Young winner – Tarik Skubal (12-7, 2.73 ERA) starts for the Dodgers at American Family Field.

Where to watch Dodgers vs Brewers: TV channel, streaming

• Time: 8 p.m. ET
• TV channel: Fox
• Live stream: Fubo and Fox One

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The Dodgers announced their roster for the National League Championship Series, which will include 13 pitchers and 13 position players against the Milwaukee Brewers. Justin Wrobleski is the extra bulk pitcher for this round, after the Dodgers carried 12 pitchers during the Division Series against the Atlanta Braves.

“I think that length, having a guy that can go two or three, is something where you essentially protect downside on the pitching. As far as handedness, they’re pretty balanced. So that really doesn’t come into play,” manager Dave Roberts said during Saturday’s workout at American Family Field in Milwaukee. “I think for us it’s more of who can take down a couple innings if something in a medium to lower leverage situation.”

Wrobleski was an All-Star starting pitcher this season, but pitched in shorter, bulk outings during September as preparation for his likely October role.

“He’s been there, done that, and had a really good postseason for us last year. So to get him on some lefties in certain parts of the lineup, we feel good about,” Roberts added Sunday about Wrobleski. “I think at the end of the day we just trust him and felt like going 13 and 13 was the best way to do it.”

Hyeseong Kim is the roster casualty, not active for the NLCS after playing one game in the NLDS. Kim pinch-ran in Game 4 and played the final two innings at second base.

Miguel Rojas, who left Game 3 of the NLDS in Atlanta with back and hip soreness, got several days of treatment and is active for the NLCS against the Brewers.

Dodgers NLCS roster

• Starting pitchers (4): Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow
• Right-handed relievers (5): Roki Sasaki, Edgardo Henriquez, Edwin Díaz, Evan Phillips, Brock Stewart
• Left-handed relievers (4): Tanner Scott, Alex Vesia, Kris Bubic, Justin Wrobleski
• Designated hitter (1): Shohei Ohtani
• Catchers (2): Will Smith, Hunter Feduccia
• Infielders (4): Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Miguel Rojas
• Outfielders (4): Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, Kyle Tucker, Josue De Paula
• Infielder/outfielders (2): Tommy Edman, Kiké Hernández