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Four teams battle for two division titles today.

The Cubs and Nationals Will Play Game 4 Today After Being Postponded Yesterday.

Game 4 of the NLDS will be changing first pitch this evening.

When you win a World Series there is always a lot of credit to be passed around the room. In the case of the Chicago Cubs, it's no different. They had great pitching and timely hitting, no doubt about it...but the MVP is president Theo Epstein...

The Yankees are moving closer and closer to a deal that would send closer Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs for top prospect Gleyber Torres and others: Here's what you need to know: 1. This is the right move. Trading Chapman has always been the smart play with the Yankees not in the thick of playoff contention...

As the Yankees continue to struggle, there's been a lot of speculation that they will trade one of their coveted bullpen pieces in Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller or Aroldis Chapman. One of the teams who has been linked to the Yanks is the Chicago Cubs, the team with the best record in baseball, but who are in need of some back-end of the bullpen help...

All week long here at 104.5 The Team and 1045theteam.com we have been prepping you for baseball season by talking to our Capital Region prospects who are heading off to Spring Training. On Monday we spoke to JP Sportman (La Salle/Athletics) and on Tuesday we spoke to Jaime Schultz (Maple Hill/Rays)...

We knew that the Yankees weren't going to the Winter Meetings in Nashville looking to reel in high-priced free agents. We also knew that they would still look to supplement a roster that was beaten in the AL Wild Card game. They did that on Tuesday, acquiring SS/2B Starlin Castro from the Cubs for pitcher Adam Warren and IF Brendan Ryan...

The Cy Young Awards came out on Wednesday, but the Manager of the Year Awards were announced on Tuesday. Mets manager Terry Collins finished third in the voting and Adam Rubin of ESPN has an opinion... For the record, Rubin is right. I can understand Maddon winning, given he took the Cubs from 73-89 to the National League Championship Series in his first year...

The Cubs may have been swept in the NLCS by the Mets, but the Cubs organization was very classy in defeat. Reports indicate that the Cubs gave David Wright the third base from Wrigley Field after the Mets clinched the pennant. That's a great gesture in defeat by the Cubs...

National League Cy Young candidate Jake Arreita sent the Chicago Cubs to the Division Series on Wednesday night after tossing a complete-game shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Arrieta surrendered just four hits in the 4-0 Cubs win. He walked nobody and struck out 12...

Jake Arrieta threw the sixth no-hitter of the season on Sunday night when he beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday Night Baseball in Los Angeles. Arrieta walked one and struck out 12 en route to his 17th win of the season. The former Baltimore Oriole hurler finished off his historic performance in grand fashion, striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth...