#playoff-performance

#playoff-performance

Gausman was as good as anyone could have expected him to be, maybe even better. He carved up the Yankees lineup for almost six full innings and kept their bats mostly silent when the game was still close and could have gone either way. It was the perfect outcome for a team that perhaps needed a Game 1 win more than anything.

"I played `MLB: The Show' and mercy-ruled someone," he said.

There's never been a better ad for St. Paul than Kirill Kaprizov's new contract. Kaprizov has decided that he wants to stay put with the organization that drafted him as a teenager. In a deal announced by the Wild on Tuesday morning, he'll earn $136 million over eight years of work in which he'll attempt to lead Minnesota out of icy purgatory and into ... well, at least the second round of the postseason.

I can't feel anything other than grateful [and] fortunate to have played for the Boston Bruins for 6 years,

The Dolphins appear to be so-so, somewhere in the 8-, 9- or 10-win territory and, more importantly, nowhere near winning a playoff game.

The Blue Jays have struggled to develop starting pitchers, with only two homegrown players starting playoff games in ten years: Marcus Stroman and Alek Manoah.

The Milwaukee Bucks have finished with 40+ wins for nine seasons straight but faced first-round playoff exits, raising questions about Giannis Antetokounmpo's future.

Moody's surgery on a torn ligament in his right thumb is expected to have him ready for training camp, despite affecting his postseason performance.

There should be a separate stat sheet for guys like him because of the type of stuff that he does.

Curry scored 36 points in the Warriors' 104-93 playoff win against the Rockets, showcasing the team's championship DNA despite aging players.