With 40-40 season, Acuña starts 2 new clubs

Plus: Two more teams clinch postseason berths

Saturday, September 23 View In Browser Good morning! Half the playoff field is set TOP NEWS With 40-40 season, Acuña starts 2 new clubs   Polishing his MVP résumé, Ronald Acuña Jr. notched the fifth 40-40 season in AL/NL history and the first 40-50 and 40-60 seasons. Twins clinch AL Central, eye long-awaited postseason win They took an unexpected path to get there, but the Twins are exactly where they want to be -- back in the playoffs. Now to win their first game there since 2004. Brewers clinch playoff spot with Tellez(!) on the mound Milwaukee never looked back after a 12-run second inning in a rout of Wild Card-contending Miami to clinch its fifth playoff berth in the past six years. Revisit the best moments from Deion Sanders' MLB career Before he was Coach Prime, he was Prime Time, performing under the lights of MLB stadiums. 'The kid has zero fear': Carter helps Texas climb into 1st Evan Carter has now played 14 games in the big leagues, and each has been like the playoffs for the Rangers.  8 straight! Machado mashes two HRs to power victory Manny Machado slugged tie-breaking homers in the sixth and eighth innings as San Diego continued its September surge. MORE TOP NEWS TOP PERFORMANCES Aaron Judge: 4-for-4, 3 HRs, 6 RBIs First Yankee with two 3-HR games in a season Christian Yelich: 3-for-4, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs Reaches base 4 times after missing 12 of past 13 games Ronald Acuña Jr.: 2-for-4, HR, 3 R Bashes 40th HR, the most out of the leadoff spot in a season Seiya Suzuki: 3-for-4, HR, 3 RBIs 3rd Japanese-born player with 20-HR/70-RBIs season Manny Machado: 4-for-4, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs Secures 7th 30-HR season of his career MORE STATS IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY MORE ON TIEBREAKERS YESTERDAY'S MUST-SEE PLAY Kyle Isbel makes diving catches look relatively easy.   MORE TOP PLAYS TODAY'S STAFF PICKS 13 rookies ready for the October spotlight Some of the best rookies in baseball will be in the playoffs in their first full seasons -- just look at who's on the teams that have clinched already, and the contenders fighting for the remaining playoff spots. 2023 Arizona Fall League rosters revealed The premier prospect circuit is back for another year in Arizona and the rosters are stacked. Check out who will be in the desert. Another Judgian first: Two 3-HR games in a season Almost a month to the day after he first hit three homers in one game, Aaron Judge did it again to become the sixth Yankee with multiple three-homer outings. A few moments later: Votto takes talents to Bikini Bottom Fluent in French, it only makes sense that Joey Votto is lending his voice as the "French Narrator" in an upcoming musical based on "SpongeBob SquarePants." Kid Cudi feels 'a lot of love' at Progressive Field "It's such a big deal for me being a Cleveland kid," Cudi said. "I just remember those memories of going to games with my dad and my brothers and just the feeling of being at a game. There's nothing like it." MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD COL 0 @ CHC 6 PIT 7 @ CIN 5 TOR 6 @ TB 2 MIL 16 @ MIA 1 NYM 4 @ PHI 5 ATL 9 @ WAS 6 ARI 1 @ NYY 7 BAL 8 @ CLE 9 CWS 2 @ BOS 3 SEA 5 @ TEX 8 KC 7 @ HOU 5 ANA 6 @ MIN 8 DET 2 @ OAK 8 STL 2 @ SD 4 SF 5 @ LA 1 © 2023 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.