Yankees, Brewers clinch postseason berths; final day to bid on Jake Burger's bat

On Wednesday, the Dodgers homered three times off of Ryan Weathers (4.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 74 pitches/48 strikes). Weathers looked fully healthy, just rusty with each of those long balls coming against poorly located fastballs. Shohei Ohtani stole his 49th base. Ugly game for Miami defensively with throwing errors committed by Connor Norby and Nick Fortes, plus an ill-advised throw home by Javier Sanoja which had the same impact as an error despite not being scored as such. Xzavion Curry retired all eight batters he faced in relief and has quietly made a case to stick with this organization beyond 2024. The Marlins lost, 8-4.

Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 7-3. Vidal Bruján delivered a crucial three-run, go-ahead homer. He and Derek Hill seem destined to be reinstated from the injured list this weekend. C Agustín Ramírez went 3-for-3 with a walk. Each of his hits had exit velocities above 100 mph. RHP Adam Mazur (5.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 88 pitches/59 strikes) made his final start of the season. C Ryan Ignoffo was deservedly named a Florida State League All-Star. He slashed .330/.393/.484 (147 wRC+) in the FSL with nearly as many walks as strikeouts, then continued playing well following his late-summer promotion to High-A.

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🔷 Eury Pérez is throwing from 45 feet, he tells El Extrabase. But don't get your hopes up for an expedited rehab process: he mentions the 2025 All-Star Game as the target for his MLB return. That would be 15 months removed from when he underwent Tommy John surgery.

🔷 The bat that Jake Burger used during Players' Weekend is being auctioned off to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness. As of early Thursday morning, the highest bid is $370. The auction closes at 8:00 p.m. ET.

🔷 Jesús Luzardo is the Marlins nominee for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. Vote for Luzardo here through September 29.

🔷 Texas A&M outfielder Jace LaViolette has moved ahead of Ethan Holliday in Baseball America's 2025 MLB Draft prospect rankings. Carlos Collazo explains why here. In related news, the Marlins are close to securing a tie for the best odds of winning the draft lottery.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Brewers and Yankees clinched postseason berths, with Milwaukee also securing the NL Central title. The Tigers continue to apply pressure to other American League postseason contenders, moving to within half a game of the Twins and two games of the Royals. Dylan Cease (8.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 103 pitches/70 strikes) came two outs away from shutting out the Astros. The White Sox are up to 117 losses.

🔷 Today's MLB game: the series finale between the Marlins (probable starter RHP Edward Cabrera) and Dodgers (RHP Jack Flaherty). Flaherty held the Fish scoreless in each of his previous two starts against them. The Marlins have a 42.6% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 4:40 p.m.

🔷 Today's MiLB schedule:

• Triple-A Jacksonville vs. Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. ET

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