Playing in front of its boisterous home crowd, Toronto electrified the stands with a couple early home runs. But they ultimately won the game on a Rougned Odor throwing error after Russell Martin hit a ground ball to Elvis Andrus. It marked the first time in MLB postseason history that a series ended via a walk-off error. Pandemonium struck in Toronto on the eve of the Canadian Thanksgiving. Blue Jays fans joined the team in jumping for joy, looking for anyone nearby to hug after Donaldson scored the winning run....

Along with the No. 1-seeded Tampa Bay Rays, the Astros and the Yankees are two of the three teams to have already booked their ticket for the AL Division Series. The series between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox is the only AL Wild Card contest to go the distance, while the Division Series bracket in the National League is yet to be filled as the Wild Card round began a day later than its AL counterpart....

One of the more underrated events of the year, the Rule 5 Draft gives teams an opportunity to steal talent from other clubs, who may either not have space for them on their major league roster or don’t fully see the talent. MORE: Winter Meetings 2019 — Everything you need to know about the four days in San Diego Shane Victorino and Johan Santana are just two examples of players who were selected in the Rule 5 Draft who went on to have very successful major league careers....

Inclement weather caused havoc on Saturday, with six games cancelled or shortened, including the Houston Astros’ first meeting against the Washington Nationals since the 2019 World Series. The two teams share a training facility at the FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida, and met on Saturday in a rain-shortened two-innings game. In the wake of the sign-stealing scandal, Houston has become enemy number one for fans and players of the other 29 franchises and such feelings were made very clear in Miami on Saturday....

While fantasy owners wait for Tatis Jr. and Bichette, there are a few other rookie shortstops who could break camp as starters for their respective clubs. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2019 cheat sheet MLB Top Prospects: SS The Padres’ Luis Urias (No. 26 in our prospect rankings) played mostly second base last season, but this year he’s poised to be San Diego’s opening day shortstop. Urias has struggled with plate discipline in his brief time in the majors, and he looked a bit out of sync when I saw him in spring training....

Life in the Bronx was good. The seemingly charmed season was writing another chapter en route to a destiny-laden October. Sure, the team had been forced to deal with a cavalcade of injuries most of the year, but day after day the replacements stepped up and performed as well or better than the regulars on the injured list. There were no excuses, only winning for a team a very impressive 31 games over the ....

With that in mind, conventional wisdom holds that now is the ideal time to move Price for a package of top prospects. Here is the latest Price scuttlebutt: CARDINALS: As SN’s Ryan Fagan pointed out last week, the the Cardinals are a logical landing spot for Price. St. Louis has lost two starters to injuries and has several top prospects they could dangle in front of Tampa Bay. The Boston Globe’s Nick Carfado reports the Redbirds “have shown interest but would want a financial commitment....

With that in mind, we thought we’d take a look at the series that start Monday that will have the biggest impact on the “buy or sell?” crowd. MORE: MLB trade rumors: Latest news, rumored deals First, a couple of .500-range teams we won’t talk about because they’ve already declared their intentions include the Cubs (46-45 4.5 back in the NL Central and 5.5 back of a wild-card spot) and the Royals (45-45, 2 back in the AL Central, 2....

They attempted to re-sign Mark Melancon. Nope. Gone to San Francisco with the Giants. What about Aroldis Chapman? He’s good! He helped the Cubs win a World Series. Nope. Ended up back in the Bronx with the Yankees. In fact, the Nationals were linked to pretty much every free-agent reliever this offseason. And they’ve missed out. On all of them. MORE: Free agent tracker — see who went where...

San Diego — which may have more assets to deal than any team looking to buy at the July 31 trade deadline — has inquired with the Mets about acquiring the man nicknamed “Thor” via trade, according to MLB.com. The Astros and Brewers also have interest in Syndergaard, according to the report, but if the Padres go all out for the 26-year-old, they likely can outbid any team. San Diego has eight top-100 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, and four ranked within the top 50....

Hamels, 30, is under contract to the Phillies through the 2018 season with a club option for 2019. He is owed a total of $90 million for the next four seasons. “One major league source said if the Phillies get a taker on the full contract and they get three top prospects, he’s gone, and Hamels, according to another major league source, wouldn’t mind,” Carfado reports. But so far, the Phillies “have been discouraged by what they’re hearing from other teams....

The 29-year-old Tulowitizki in particular had been the subject of trade rumors, with the St. Louis Cardinals said to be among the most interested teams. PHOTOS: SN ranks the top 25 free agents When healthy, the three-time All-Star shortstop is one of the game's top players. His career slash line is .295/.367/.509 and he averages 29 homers per 162 games. He is under contract through the 2020 season, with a club option for 2021....

“That topic has come up independently of us bringing it up,” Clark said to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It has been a topic, as I’m sure you know, a topic of discussion going back the last two bargaining agreements. Nothing has changed at this point in time. But I am guessing come 2016 that conversation will come up again.” MLB 2015: Potential impact rookies Clark said said he would have to poll the players before saying if the NL was for or against the idea....

The Cubs picked up their 10th win in their last 11 games Thursday, a 4-1 victory over the Marlins, thanks in large part to another impressive offensive outing. The team has homered in 15 straight games, matching its best run since the 2002 season. Its two best hitters exemplified that surge Thursday. Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, amid a 19-game on-base streak, smashed his sixth home run in 12 games, while first baseman Anthony Rizzo went deep for the sixth time in 11 games....

Pittsburgh entered the frame trailing 3-1 but cut its deficit to one on a RBI single by Adam Frazier. Starling Marte then followed with a three-run walk-off home run to give the Pirates a 5-3 win. “Those situations don’t happen a lot, but there’s something special about them,” Marte said after the game through a translator, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “What I’ve recognized is that when it comes up to me, it’s something about (those situations) that makes me feel big....

The Indians right-hander no-hit the Blue Jays through seven innings in Cleveland on Thursday before exiting after 117 pitches. While he had control issues (five walks), he also punched out eight hitters. Fastball, breaking ball, changeup, everything worked for Bauer against the Blue Jays. Indians relievers lost the no-hit bid in the ninth, but Cleveland won 4-1. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Coming off his best season in 2018 (12-6, 2....

Speaking at the annual State of the League address ahead of MLS Cup, Garber discussed the shifting landscape surrounding youth soccer in the United States and Canada. Just this season, the league has seen the record-breaking sale of Alphonso Davies, who departed the Vancouver Whitecaps to join Bayern Munich for a fee that could reach $22 million, while midfielder Tyler Adams was sold to RB Leipzig after breaking through with the U....

The 21-year-old ran the gamut of the TFC pyramid in relatively short order. He joined the TFC academy as a late-bloomer in 2014 and quickly transitioned to Toronto FC II of the USL, where he stood out for two seasons. Canada names 27-man roster After getting a brief taste of first team duty in 2016 while still under contract with TFCII, Edwards signed an MLS deal earlier this year following a successful preseason with Greg Vanney’s side....

He’s been a wonderkid at two teams on either side of the border, the youngest player on a U-20 World Cup squad, an Olympian, a senior international, a pariah and, most recently, a comeback story. And he just turned 24 a few months ago. The latest iteration of Torres has seen the Houston Dynamo striker take MLS by storm early in the 2017 campaign, much like he did when he scored 15 goals for Chivas USA in 2014 en route to an All-Star appearance and a first senior call-up for Mexico....

One such oddity? His 2014 stint as an MLS pool goalkeeper — a hired gun of sorts, kept on retainer by the league in case any club needed a shot-stopper on short notice. For five months, Melia’s career amounted to the antithesis of his sport. He was a loner, by definition, playing for himself in a team game. “It knocks you down in your place real quick being a pool goalkeeper,” Melia told Goal....