So it looks like the kids are all right. It appears the future of baseball - in terms of the on-field talent - is in pretty good hands with some of the young talent we have seen in these playoffs. Here are just a few of the players and their current ages: 20 - Roberto Osuna (Blue Jays) 21 - Carlos Correa (Astros), Addison Russell (Cubs), Rougned Odor (Rangers), Corey Seager (Dodgers), Luis Severino (Yankees) 22 - Kyle Schwarber (Cubs), Javier Baez (Cubs), Michael Conforto (Mets), Greg Bird...

As you may have noticed, I don't own the stereotypical mailbag, where I take original questions from fans. That would be boring. Much better to heap on the sarcasm while constantly repeating myself. Nothing wrong with having a little fun, especially during a lull in the activity. You know the drill. You ask, I answer, you ask again, I answer again. And I blame the repetition for my alcohol consumption. Got a favorite sequel? I may be running out of names. Heck, I may have used the same one in...

The Los Angeles Dodgers send their three-time Cy Young Award winner to the mound tonight as they try to avoid elimination against the New York Mets in the National League Division Series. The Mets won 13-7 last night as Curtis Granderson drove in five runs and Yoenis Cespedes went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer. The Mets went 6-for-15 with runners in scoring position as they moved to within one win of advancing. Clayton Kershaw (16-7, 2.13 ERA) pitches for Los Angeles against 24-year-old rookie...

After firing Matt Williams eight days ago, Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo indicated that his next skipper would likely have previous experience managing in the majors. It seems Rizzo has taken a different approach with his first interview. According to a report from USA Today, Phil Nevin, who has never managed past Triple-A, recently met with Rizzo about the opening. The Astros made Nevin the top pick in the 1992 First-Year Player Draft after a stellar career at Cal State...

As the Orioles were closing out their season, winning five straight to finish at .500 for only the second time in franchise history, they already were plotting for ways to improve in 2016. Various lists were compiled as team executives gathered with manager Buck Showalter. Pending major league, minor league and international free agents were discussed, debated and either kept on the club's radar or discarded. Baseball America has revealed the first wave of minor league players who elected free...

The Salt River Rafters open Arizona Fall League play tonight against Scottsdale at 9:35 p.m. Eastern time at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. High Single-A Potomac's Tripp Keister is the manager of the team. Keister said that Oscar Hernandez, a Diamondbacks prospect, will do the bulk of the catching, and that Nationals farmhand Spencer Kieboom will do some catching and get to DH to build at-bats. Kieboom is coming off a concussion this recently completed season, so Keister said he will get...

Due to inclement weather, the LUNGevity Foundation's Breathe Deep Baltimore 5K walk has been moved to Oct. 18. The event raises funds and awareness for lung cancer in memory of late Orioles public relations director Monica Pence Barlow. Because of the date change, you still have time to sign up or donate for the walk. Start your Sunday by joining fellow Orioles fans to raise money for the LUNGevity Foundation! The walk will take sports fans on a scenic walk around Oriole Park and M&T Bank...

Anthony Rendon's season was filled with inconsistencies. Injuries interrupted his year three different times beginning early in spring training. When Rendon did play, he was shifted back and forth from second base to third base, and shuffled all over the lineup. "It was brutal," Rendon said. "It was rough. They always say baseball is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical - whatever that saying is. I don't even think I know it. But this game is already a game of failure. Going into it not...

Even without Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis, the 2015 Orioles outscored and outhomered the 2014 club. The final runs tally was 713 to 705 and the final homer tally was 217 to 211. If the O's lost 40 homers from Cruz, 14 from Markakis and six from Steve Pearce, who went from 21 to 15, how in the heck did they hit more this year? Well, here is some homer math to make it all add up: Two Orioles increased their homer totals by a combined 44 as Chris Davis went from 26 to 47 and Manny Machado from...

It's apparently safe for me to resurrect my visions of an epic Royals-Blue Jays matchup in the American League Championship Series. Reports of their demise were greatly exaggerated. Love 'em or hate 'em - and I know where most of you stand on the topic - these are two special teams. It's hard to imagine the series ending in fewer than seven games. Which opponent is more challenged to bounce back on the road in Game 5 - the one that blew a four-run lead in the eighth inning (Astros) or the...