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According to Fox Sports, Olivera’s leave was set to expire Wednesday but MLB and the Players’ Association agreed to extend it until a full investigation is completed and an appropriate disciplinary ruling can be made under the league’s new domestic-violence policy. MORE: MLB stars off to awful starts | Braves stock plummets to mocking level Olivera, 31, was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman in an alleged domestic violence incident at Braves’ team hotel in Arlington, Va....

In a recent MLB Network Tweet, fans were asked their thoughts on the top-10 left fielders in the game. The list, complied by MLB Network, consists of some of the league’s biggest names, including Yordan Alvarez, Juan Soto and Kyle Schwarber. The list is littered with All-Star talent and World Series Champions. MLB fans took to Twitter to debate whether some of these players belong in the top 10. Furthermore, many were upset with the order of the list and the fact that several big-name left fielders were left out....

So which players saw their stock rise or fall during the 2017 playoffs? Let’s take a look. MORE: Red Sox reportedly eyeing Eric Hosmer Jake Arrieta Stock up/Stock down: UpThoughts: Arrieta showed he still has swing-and-miss stuff in his two October starts — he struck out 13 in 10 2/3 innings — and that’s what teams wanted to see from Arrieta, who will be 32 next March. Yes, he walked too many hitters (10, which is way too many), but it’s easy to attribute that lack of precision to his lengthy hamstring-related layoff down the stretch in the regular season....

The Royals rode theirs to Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, then to the 2015 championship. Cleveland wouldn’t have gotten to the 2016 World Series without Andrew Miller and Cody Allen. You know those examples will shape how front offices view their free-agent priorities this offseason, so we thought that we’d ditch the straight “ranking the relievers” approach this year. MORE: Ranking all 155 MLB free agents | 13 best available hitters...

Chris Archer hasn’t lost in almost two months after another dominating performance Tuesday. The Rays’ emerging ace allowed three hits and two runs (one earned) over eight innings in Tampa Bay’s 4-3 victory over Toronto at Tropicana Field. MORE: Dad makes awesome, but illegal, catch while holding baby | Is your team a buyer or a seller? Archer had a no-hitter going until catcher Dioner Navarro homered with one out in the fifth inning....

Of course, four of those wins have come against the struggling Marlins, who have batted .211 and hit only one home run while losing six of their first seven games. The Braves and Marlins hook up again tonight for the second of a three-game set. Trevor Cahill will try to keep the Braves’ roll going, while Tom Koehler looks to end the Marlins’ three-game slide. World Series odds: Braves’ price cut in half...

Opening Day 2018 featured a theme as akin to 2017’s prevailing storyline: home runs, dingers, taters, longballs, slamma lamma ding dongs. Unlike a home run in the middle of Rays vs. Tigers in June, these homers had meaning. (Sorry, Rays and Tigers fans.) So here are a few of today’s righteous dingers and epic moonshots in an Opening Day that was full of more explosions than a Michael Bay movie with an unlimited budget....

In Monday's loss, the Braves struck out only seven times, but also had just five hits and were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. So when looking at today's matchup between Alex Wood and Kyle Lohse, there isn't as much excitement as there was for this game a week ago when we identified Wood as a pitcher to take a shot on in April because of an outstanding spring. Wood went 2-0 in five spring starts, allowing only 17 hits and one earned run in 20 innings of work....

New York Yankees -101 (@ Toronto Blue Jays) Mark Buehrle vs CC Sabathia The game between the Yankees and the Jays is deemed an all even affair, with Toronto having just a slight edge. As usual, we disagree with the assessment, although do agree on the fact that it will be a close game. AccuScore’s supercomputer puts the Yankees on top at 54.2 percent out of 10,000 game simulations, which would indicate odds of -118....

Now, with some playoff pressure on their resumes, the postseason first-timers will look to build on their experience and help the team advance to the World Series when LA starts the NLCS against the Cubs on Saturday. FAGAN: It’s time for the Cubs to bench Jason Heyward The six Dodgers postseason first-timers are a diverse group. There’s 22-year-old Cody Bellinger, fresh off of what will likely be a Rookie of the Year season, who came up with a couple of key hits in Game 3....

Alas, it was not to be. MORE: Baseball’s most disappointing players in 2016 The Orioles won easily, and the Tigers were shut out. The Giants crushed the Dodgers to elminate the Cardinals. What is the MLB playoff bracket? Other games Sunday that affected the postseason picture: — The Red Sox lost to the Blue Jays, giving Toronto home-field advantage in Tuesday’s wild-card game. And an Indians win gave them the home-field against Boston in the ALDS....

Tuesday’s American League wild-card matchup between the Orioles and Blue Jays featured two of the most home run-happy teams in baseball, but the outcome was decided by the bullpens after starters Chris Tillman and Marcus Stroman left the mound. Edwin Encarnacion delivered a long three-run homer off Ubaldo Jimenez in the bottom of the 11th to give the Jays a 5-2 win . MORE: The 50 best players in this year’s playoffs...

Those games determined the full NLDS and ALDS brackets and set the stage for the rest of October. MLB POSTSEASON PICKS:SN’s experts make their pennant, World Series predictions MLB playoffs bracket 2019 MLB playoffs schedule 2019 Wild card results Division Series dates, times, results A = Involves club with best record; B = Does not involve club with best record NLDS ALDS League Championship Series schedule NLCS ALCS World Series schedule

“I’ve been a guy that’s always been a believer of keeping the game the way it is and not doing the extremes,” Riley told me during All-Star week in Los Angeles. FAGAN: Why is MLB obsessed with gifting second base to runners? That said, Riley has found himself in “basically right field” for certain hitters, and has fielded his share of hard-hit balls there that became outs instead of hits solely because of good positioning....

Ozuna was arrested Saturday in Sandy Springs, Ga., an Atlanta suburb. He was booked into Fulton County Jail and charged with aggravated assault by strangulation and battery, according to jail records and a press release by the Sandy Springs Police Department. The aggravated assault charge is a felony; the battery charge is a misdemeanor and is listed in jail records as a first offense. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Ozuna was being held without bond....

Torre, a former Dodgers manager, attended Saturday’s Game 2 in which LA evened its series with New York. MORE: Each team’s worst October memory | Utley: “That’s winning baseball” “I’d hate to think that Utley tried to hurt somebody,” Torre told reporters. “It certainly was late. That concerns me. The lateness of the slide. … I’m looking at it to see if anything should be done. “I have to determine if I thought it was excessive,” he said....

There aren’t any future superstars in this year’s crop of second base prospects but there are a few guys who should open the season in the majors with a handful of others who could make an impact beginning around mid-season. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2019 cheat sheet MLB Top Prospects: 2B The Rays’ Brandon Lowe may not play much 2B this year in Tampa but he can certainly hit, and his positional versatility (2B, 1B, OF) should allow him to see regular playing time....

REPORTED BY: ESPN’s Jayson Stark on “Baseball Tonight.” MORE: Seven best destinations for Papelbon | Red Sox discussing prospects with Phillies as part of Hamels talks THE DETAILS: Stark noted the Rangers have fallen out of contention this season but are simultaneously in buy and sell mode. Fox Sports’ Jon Paul Morosi reported earlier in the day that the two clubs were in talks about Gallardo, but a deal wasn’t close to being finalized....

Milwaukee has acquired two pitchers from the Giants in Drew Pomeranz and reliever Ray Black, according to multiple reports. San Francisco has received the Brewers’ No. 3 prospect Mauricio Dubon in return, according to The Athletic. This comes a couple days after Milwaukee also picked up Jordan Lyles in a trade with the Pirates. Milwaukee has been in need of pitching help after ace Brandon Woodruff went down with an injury in recent weeks....