NL West

Only the Chicago Cubs deserve to look back onto the 2016 Major League Baseball season. For every other organization, it is now time to look forward.

That made the timing of Saturday's Fall Stars Game, the showcase of the Arizona Fall League's best players, perfect.

And no, the Cubs' Kyle Schwarber did not play in the game, though he played two Arizona Fall League games in order to get ready for the World Series.

Managers matter, and anyone who doesn't think so must have missed the World Series.

No, this isn't about whether Joe Maddon misused his bullpen or about whether Terry Francona could have done anything more to help the Cleveland Indians close out a series they led three games to one.

The Arizona Diamondbacks filled their manager vacancy Friday by hiring Boston Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo.

Clayton Kershaw's worst postseason misadventures have mostly been tales of his having it and then losing it.

In Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, he never had it.

After suffering through back-to-back shutouts in Games 2 and 3 of the National League Championship Series, the Chicago Cubs' slumbering offense awoke for a 10-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 to tie the series at two games apiece.

You know that thing about momentum being the next day's starting pitcher? The Los Angeles Dodgers are about to put that to an interesting test.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the driver's seat in the National League Championship Series.

Now, rookie Julio Urias can steer them to the brink of a World Series berth.

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez confirmed Sunday that he refused to stay at Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower with teammates during a May series against the Cubs.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have appointed Mike Hazen as their new general manager and executive vice president, the team announced Sunday.

Madison Bumgarner has a team-friendly contract that features two team options for 2018 and 2019, but that's not stopping the San Francisco Giants from getting an early start on extension talks with their ace.

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Giants Want to Talk Extension

Thursday, Oct. 13