The 2018 baseball season might well go down as the year relievers became starters. But Boston flipped the script in the Fall Classic to take home the hardware.
A raccoon was found by a member of the cleaning crew in the visiting Cincinnati Reds' bullpen at Dodger Stadium. Animal Control was called, and by about two hours before game time, an employee had trapped the raccoon in a cage and taken the critter away.
Padres right-hander Bryan Mitchell, who is 0-3 with a 6.47 ERA and has walked 26 in 32 innings, has been moved to the bullpen.
Brandon Morrow is a free agent for the fourth year in a row, but after an impressive season in the Dodgers' bullpen, he'll be calling the shots regarding his baseball future for the first time.
Ken Giles, who said he "didn't do my job, plain and simple" in Game 4, has been removed as the Houston Astros' closer for the rest of the World Series.
How exactly did L.A.'s relievers emerge from a late-season decline to become a well-oiled playoff machine? Spoiler alert: It starts with Kenley Jansen.
