#pitching-depth

#pitching-depth

Pope, 27, joins a new organization for the first time in his career. He was added to the roster in the final week of the regular season and got to make one appearance. On September 25th, with the Snakes down 8-0 to the Dodgers, Pope tossed two scoreless innings of mop-up duty. He allowed two hits and a walk while striking out one.

Joining Cease in the starting five are Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber, and Jose Berrios, a formidable group that each brings something a little bit different to the table in how they get the job done. It's a good mix of youth and veteran status that should be pretty strikeout-heavy while beating you with offspeed pitches, whether it's a fastball, splitter, changeup, or slider.

The Giants are expected to add Justin Meccage as their pitching coach, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. Meccage has spent the majority of his coaching tenure in the Pirates' organization. He was most recently a minor league coach in the Brewers' system. After a brief playing career, Meccage got his coaching start in the college ranks. After seven years spent between the University of Texas-Pan American and Arkansas State University from 2004 to 2010, Meccage headed to the pros.

The Mariners and the Tigers played the longest MLB playoff winner take all game in history as they went 15 innings before someone finally decided they actually wanted to win. Seattle came out on top with a 3-2 victory and their prize is getting on a plane early Saturday morning and heading three hours east to prepare for their ALCS showdown against Toronto.

Despite his recent struggles, he was a sensible pick-up for the Phils. They recently lost Zack Wheeler due to a blood clot/thoracic outlet syndrome diagnosis. Even without Wheeler, they had a solid rotation group consisting of , Ranger Suarez, Jesús Luzardo, Cristopher Sánchez and Taijuan Walker. But bringing in Buehler added another arm at no extra cost. Since the Sox released him, they are on the hook for the majority of his remaining salary.

Ureña, 33, is a well-known commodity at this point in his career. He throws hard but doesn't get a ton of strikeouts. He will keep the ball both in the strike zone and on the ground at a decent clip. The results won't be astounding but he can take the ball and eat some innings. He hasn't had a stint on the injured list longer than a couple of weeks since 2021.

Nabil Crismatt has signed a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks after being released by the Phillies. He has a career ERA of 3.71.

Detroit Tigers took a cautious approach at the trade deadline, focusing on acquiring seven pitchers, including Charlie Morton and Chris Paddack, while maintaining their top prospects.

The Miami Marlins announced that Ryan Weathers would be placed on the 60-day injured list, creating further instability in an already thin pitching rotation.