NL East

New York Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson injured his left thumb sliding into a base during the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

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The Washington Nationals needed wholesale coaching changes, and they got them this week.

First, on Tuesday, Dusty Baker was named Washington's new manager. And on Wednesday, the team announced the hiring of Mike Maddux as its pitching coach.

The New York Mets might still be licking their wounds after their five-game World Series loss to the Kansas City Royals, but they didn't waste much time rewarding the manager who helped get them to the Fall Classic. 

The New York Mets made it all the way to the World Series in their first postseason appearance since 2006 and have to find a way to get back there next year.

After missing the MLB playoffs in 2015 and parting ways with manager Matt Williams, the Washington Nationals named three-time National League Manager of the Year Dusty Baker as their skipper Tuesday.

When Game 5 of the 2015 World Series went to the ninth inning, FanGraphs gave the New York Mets almost a 95 percent chance of defeating the Kansas City Royals and cutting their 3-1 series lead to a 3-2 series lead.

There's plenty of blame to go around in Gotham after the Mets blew a 2-0 ninth-inning lead in Game 5 and ultimately got blown out by Kansas City, ending what had been a remarkable late-season charge to the postseason, and ultimately, the Fall Classic.

While losing the series in five games is disappointing, there's plenty for Mets fans to be excited about heading into next season.

New York Mets star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes exited Sunday's World Series game against the Kansas City Royals after suffering a knee injury.

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NEW YORK — The games change quickly, and the stories do, too. Baseball is a game meant to be judged over time, but the postseason gives us little, and the World Series gives us less.

One pitch. One home run. One little ground ball that rolls under a glove and into history.

"I wish I would have caught it," Daniel Murphy said late on Halloween night, when the trick was on him.

In order to keep breathing, the New York Mets needed Noah Syndergaard.

In about the worst possible way imaginable before the very real threat of elimination would set in, the Mets needed Noah Syndergaard.