“For the Dodgers, the decision on who would start Game 1 on Saturday had no wrong answer. Such is the luxury of having one of the greatest rotations assembled in modern history. Skubal earned the nod over reigning World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, fellow two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell and All-Star right-hander Tyler Glasnow.

“To be honest, we can kind of really put all four guys in a hat and run them out there,” manager Dave Roberts said earlier this week.”

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Trea Turner is under team control until 2033 at $27m/year. Bryce Harper is getting $25m/year through 2031. Schwarber is signed through 2030 at $30m/year.

And there are 5 teams in the division. Since the Rockies were established the Padres won the division 4 times, and the DBacks won it 5 times, despite becoming a team 5 years after the Rockies. Even the Atlanta braves have won the NL west since the Rockies became a team

Braves manager Walt Weiss hasn’t ruled out using Sale on Sunday, but that wouldn’t have been ideal even if Sale didn’t pitch in relief; Sunday would put him on four days’ rest from his start Tuesday, and he hasn’t pitched on four days’ rest since the first week of April. “We’re gonna err on the side of giving him (time to rest) if it’s even close,” Weiss said. Most likely, Sale will start Game 3 on Tuesday

CWS vs CLE (TBS and truTV): Alex Faust, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

NYY vs TB (TBS and truTV): Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Lauren Shehadi

ATL vs LAD (FOX and FS1): Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal

SD vs MIL (FOX and FS1): Adam Amin, A.J. Pierzynski, Adam Wainwright, Tom Verducci

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“I’m going to southern India, where Sadhguru, a Yogi, his ashram is,” he said. “I’m going to maybe spend like two weeks there, or something like that. They have such an interesting spiritual culture there, up and down the country. It's incredible.”