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Pressly pitched the final inning Sunday during Game 4 of the ALCS, allowing zero hits, walks and strikeouts in the 6-5 win over the Yankees.

After recording a fly out and a ground out in the ninth inning, Pressly was one out away from the World Series with Aaron Judge stepping to the plate. The 33-year-old was able to locate a slider on the outside corner and Judge tapped it back to the mound for a 1-3 ground out, sending the Astros to the World Series. This marked Pressly's third save of the ALCS and his 15th consecutive save converted, and he has allowed only two hits across five scoreless appearances in the postseason. The veteran will face the Phillies in the World Series -- he recorded his final save of the regular season against Philadelphia on October 5.

Dominguez pitched the final two innings and earned the save during Friday's 4-2 win over the Padres in Game 3 of the NLCS, allowing zero hits and one walk while striking out three.

Dominguez stepped up once again in the postseason, delivering his fifth straight scoreless outing across 6.2 masterful innings. Of the 22 batters he has faced so far in the postseason, Dominguez has struck out 13 and walked none while allowing just two hits. After recording a solid 10.8 K/9 over 51 innings in the regular season, the 27-year-old has recorded an astonishing 18.9 K/9 in the postseason. The Phillies have had many different relievers step into the closing role in 2022, but Dominguez is making his case as a capable closer moving forward.

Farmer finished the 2022 season with a 3.83 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, five holds and two saves over 47 innings, but he had a 2.83 ERA over 35 innings following his second call-up July 9, Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Farmer will be eligible for his third season of arbitration this offseason, which means that the Reds -- who are in austerity mode -- have to decide whether to tender him a contract. Typically a team in that position will opt to go cheap in the bullpen. He projects to make somewhere between $1.4-$1.85 million should he get tendered a contract.

Pressly pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save during Game 2 of the ALCS, allowing zero hits and one walk while striking out three in the 3-2 win over the Yankees.

Pressly got his second save in two nights by striking out the side in the ninth inning Thursday. The 33-year-old closer was able to strike out Matt Carpenter after a two-out walk to Josh Donaldson, ending the comeback hopes for the Yankees and extending the ALCS lead to 2-0. Pressly has now converted his last 15 save opportunities, and he is 3-for-3 in the 2022 postseason. The 11-year veteran has been a closer for only the last three seasons, but he is cementing himself as one of the most dominant closers in the MLB.

Coulombe (hip) elected free agency Thursday after he was outrighted off the Twins' 40-man roster, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.

The 32-year-old underwent season-ending surgery to repair the labrum in his left hip in June, and Minnesota opted to remove him from the 40-man roster heading into the offseason. Coulombe allowed two runs over 12.1 frames this year prior to the injury, and he posted a 3.67 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 33:7 K:BB across 29 appearances in 2021.

Pressly earned the save during Game 1 of the ALCS, pitching 1.1 innings and allowing zero hits and zero walks while striking out two in the 4-2 win over the Yankees.

Pressly entered the game in the eighth inning and struck out Matt Carpenter to get the Astros out of a jam. In the ninth, he needed only 10 pitches to close out Harrison Bader, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Jose Trevino. Facing the bottom of the Yankees' order, the 33-year-old Texan delivered 10 straight pitches in the strike zone, showing a clear effort to be aggressive. This marked Pressly's second save in the postseason and his 35th of the year in 39 opportunities. Pressly's reliability toward the end of the season has been impressive -- he has converted 14 consecutive save opportunities.

Hader struck out the side in the ninth and earned the save during Game 2 of the NLCS, allowing zero hits and zero walks in the 8-5 win over the Phillies.

Hader continued his dominant 2022 postseason in Game 2, needing just 13 pitches to strike out the three Phillies he faced in the ninth and secure the victory. The southpaw earned his fourth postseason save, and he has now tallied 7.1 scoreless innings and allowed only one hit while striking out 10 since the playoffs began. After an outlier regular season where Hader struggled to a career-high 5.22 ERA, the 28-year-old is turning things around in the most important games of the season. Since the beginning of September, Hader has allowed only one earned run over 15.2 innings while striking out 20.

Robertson (calf) recorded two outs during Wednesday's 8-5 loss to the Padres in Game 2 of the NLCS, allowing one run on three hits and zero walks.

Robertson made his first appearance since Game 1 of the wild-card round, when he'd suffered a calf injury. The 37-year-old righty showed signs of rust, as he surrendered a long home run to Manny Machado to lead off the seventh and was only able to record two outs before being pulled by manager Rob Thomson. On a more positive note, Robertson has largely gotten a handle on the control issues that plagued him over the final 11.2 innings in the regular season, when he issued 11 walks -- he's yet to hand out a free pass to any of the eight batters he's faced thus far this postseason.

GM Jerry Dipoto said Wednesday that Munoz will undergo foot surgery, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports.

The 23-year-old was a key bullpen piece for Seattle this year with four saves, 22 holds and a 2.49 ERA across 64 appearances, and he'll go under the knife for a foot issue after the loss to the Astros in the ALDS. Munoz surrendered three runs over three innings against Houston, though it's unclear how much, if at all, the injury contributed to his struggles. The specifics of the procedure remain unclear, but the right-hander will have nearly four months to recover ahead of spring training.

The Yankees didn't activate Marinaccio (lower leg) from the 15-day injured list Wednesday ahead of Game 1 of the team's American League Championship Series with the Astros.

Though Marinaccio has resumed throwing bullpen sessions and facing hitters, the Yankees apparently didn't see enough progress from the rookie reliever to justify adding him to the ALCS roster. Marinaccio has been on the shelf since Oct. 2 due to a stress reaction of his right shin.