Daily Briefing: On the Brink

The FanGraphs Newsletter, October 20, 2021 [READ IN BROWSER]( By Jeffrey Bellone - October 20, 2021 ON THE BRINK: After seven innings on Tuesday, it felt like this series was very much over, and that the Dodgers would have to answer questions about their at-times controversial in-game decisions. But over the last two innings, the stars came through when it mattered, and with two more games to come in Los Angeles, the series quickly went from foregone conclusion to something quite different. 👉 [Dodgers Save Season With Late-Inning Dramatics in Game 3 Win, by Kevin Goldstein]( LATE NIGHT FIREWORKS: A pitchers’ duel through eight innings, Tuesday’s ALCS Game 4 culminated in an Astros offensive explosion. Turning the tables on a Boston team that had bashed its way to wins in Games 2 and 3, Houston scored seven times in the ninth inning to turn a 2-2 tie into a series-evening 9-2 rout. 👉 [A Pitchers’ Duel Early, ACLS Game 4 Ends With an Astros Offensive Explosion, by David Laurila]( This newsletter is made possible due to the generous support of our members. If you are reading this email or use FanGraphs in your daily baseball routine, please consider supporting us. [BECOME A FANGRAPHS MEMBER]( [The Mookie Betts Trade Continues to Cast a Shadow on the Postseason]( by Jay Jaffe [Cody Bellinger Has Made Some Adjustments]( by Brendan Gawlowski [Learning from the Players I Rostered Most]( by Chad Young [Building a 2021 $14 NFBC Offense, A Review]( by Mike Podhorzer ⚾️ ROSTER REPORT For the latest roster information, please visit our [RosterResource]( pages. [Statcast Lab: Block Pitches Model for Catchers]( by Tom Tango, MLB [If There’s A MLB Lockout in 2022, What Happens To The Minor Leagues]( by J.J. Cooper, Baseball America ($) [Is there such a thing as a‘Dodgers Slider’]( by Eno Sarris, The Athletic ($) [How the 268th pitch became the defining moment of ACLS Game 4]( by Jeff Passan, ESPN [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2021 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 1200 N Hartford St. Apt 312Arlington, Va 22201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](