Cubs slugger Cody Bellinger declined his end of a $25 million mutual option for 2024 on Friday and will test the free agent market coming off a bounce-back season.
Jason Heyward is again not in the Cubs' lineup posted for Game 2 of the World Series against the Indians.
Corey Kluber was the first pitcher in a World Series with eight strikeouts in the first three innings of a game as the Indians and Cubs played Game 1 on Tuesday.
The Indians will start Corey Kluber for Game 1 of the World Series against the Cubs and could have injured pitcher Danny Salazar -- out since September -- at their disposal in some capacity.
The Indians, via Twitter, seized on Jose Bautista's seeming implication that the Blue Jays' struggling offense in the ALCS wasn't helped by "circumstances" created by the umpires' strike zones.
The stars will shine on the diamond at the All-Star Game, but it's no coincidence that the young stars in the National League's dugout gleam much more brightly.
