October 13, 2024
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Kyle Tucker injury update brings Astros' trade deadline failures into focus

Matchups to watch for the 2024 playoff

pushIt’s not often that we get a final week of the MLB regular season with this much at stake — and with this many of the teams in the mix playing each other. Unlike over the weekend, several of this week’s head-to-head matchups feature games with teams battling for a playoff spot, fighting for playoff seeding or simply trying to stay alive.

Kyle Tucker injury update brings Astros' trade deadline failures into focus

All of which meant Tuesday night was the biggest night of the baseball season — so far anyway. Now that we’re in the final days, it creates a playoff-like, must-win intensity to these games. Some knock the expanded playoffs, and it’s a reasonable argument that too many teams get in, but it gives us a fun few nights of must-watch TV.

Kyle Tucker injury update brings Astros' trade deadline failures into focus

On Tuesday, I started the evening focused on the Mets-Braves showdown in Atlanta but ended up flipping to various games, tuned into MLB Network’s “MLB Big Inning” (which broadcasts four games simultaneously), had other games on my phone (Mariners-Astros, Angels-White Sox) then closed it out with Padres-Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

Kyle Tucker injury update brings Astros' trade deadline failures into focus

The best part is, we’ll do it all again Wednesday. (Catch the highlights on ESPN2’s “Squeeze Play” show from 7 to 10:30 p.m. ET.) Here are the best matchups ahead of us, plus what we learned from Tuesday’s games.

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