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MLB final week: What we're watching, from playoff races to MVP battles and more
There's only one week left before October arrives! Here's your guide to the thrilling sprint to the finish.


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LOST SEASON IN THE BRONX
'What are we doing?': Aaron Judge's first year as Yankees captain ends without October
For the first time since 2016, there will be no postseason baseball in the Bronx. For Judge, that brings regret -- and motivation.

MLB SCOREBOARD
MONDAY'S GAMES

SUNDAY'S MUST-SEE HOMERS
Chris Taylor walks it off for the Dodgers in extras
Juan Soto crushes a 461-foot 3-run HR

PUSHING FOR THE POSTSEASON
Postseason tracker: Playoff races heating up, who can clinch next and games to watch
We have everything you need to know as the regular season winds down, from current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule.
Olney: Astros will be tough to beat in October -- if they get there
Houston has shown a regular-season malaise at times. But the defending champs are dangerous.

LOW BATTING AVERAGES
How good can you be when you don't even hit .200?
Kyle Schwarber and Max Muncy are on their way to 100-RBI seasons ... but their final batting averages could start with a 1. How much value are they adding?

THEY'LL NEED TO GET CREATIVE
'It's not going to be conventional': Inside depleted Dodgers' pitching plan for the playoffs
Starting pitching had been L.A.'s hallmark through a decade-long run of dominance. Not this year.

WHO IS PLAYING WELL AS PLAYOFFS NEAR?
Power Rankings: AL, NL wild-card teams locked in battle
There are less than two weeks left in the regular season -- and while some teams' spots are locked up, others still have a lot to play for.

LEAVING TOWN
Oakland vs. the A's: The inside story of how it all went south (to Las Vegas)
Interviews with more than a dozen sources familiar with the negotiations and motivations reveal a messy, complicated and ultimately confounding path that led to owner John Fisher parting ways with the city the A's have called home for 55 years.
Top Headlines
- Padres push back amid reports of dysfunction
- Boone's 'focus' is being with Yankees next season
- Angels' Trout details a 'frustrating' year cut short
- Braves reach 100 wins for second straight season
- Rangers finish sweep of M's, lead AL West by 2.5
- Morton put on IL, adding to Atlanta's ailing arms
- The Passans: MLB season awards
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We have everything you need to know as the regular season winds down, from current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule.
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The largest performance-enhancing drugs operation in U.S. sports history fell apart 10 years ago. Biogenesis of America outed some of the nation's biggest superstars as PED users; still others have not been publicly tied into the scandal -- until now.