After spending this season in California’s capital city without acknowledging that on their uniforms, the Athletics on Sunday announced they will have “Sacramento” written on gold alternate jerseys in 2026.

The A’s were in Oakland for 57 seasons through 2024, but plan to move to Las Vegas beginning in 2028. They’re using Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, the home of the San Francisco Giants’ Triple-A affiliate (the River Cats), for at least three seasons until a proposed ballpark in Vegas is built.

Officially known as simply the Athletics in 2025, the team did take criticism for not fully embracing its temporary home. The “Sacramento” gold alternate jerseys could temper some of that criticism.

“The new ‘Sacramento’ jersey is our way of … saying thank you to the fans, businesses and community leaders who helped bring Major League Baseball to town,” A’s President Marc Badain said in a news release.

The A’s will wear the “Sacramento” jerseys for Saturday home games and possibly other games as well next season.

They drew a major league-low home attendance of 768,464 for 81 games, an average of 9,487, down from a total of 922,286 and an average of 11,529 last year at the Oakland Coliseum.

Tampa Bay had the lowest attendance, drawing 786,750 for an average of 9,713 at Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees’ spring training facility, which served as a temporary home for the Rays this year following damage to Tropicana Field caused by Hurricane Milton.

While there were fears of extreme heat based on 2024 weather, the highest game-time temperature was 99 degrees for a July 10 night game against Atlanta, and just eight of 81 home games started with a temperature of 90 degrees or higher.

Injured Woo not on Mariners’ roster

The Seattle Mariners will be without ace right-hander Bryan Woo for their AL Division Series against the Detroit Tigers. Woo, 25, has missed the last two weeks with pectoral inflammation. The former Alameda High star was a first-time All-Star this season, going 15-7 with a 2.94 ERA and 198 strikeouts across 186 2/3 innings.

Rookie Ben Williamson — who hasn’t appeared in a game for Seattle since being demoted to Triple-A Tacoma in late July — was added to the Mariners’ 26-man playoff roster. Rookie Harry Ford also made the roster, giving the Mariners three catchers.

Jays leave Scherzer, Bichette off roster

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer was left off the Toronto Blue Jays’ roster for their AL Division Series against the New York Yankees along with injured shortstop Bo Bichette and right-hander Chris Bassitt.

Scherzer was 1-3 with a 9.00 ERA in his last six starts, including a Sept. 7 loss to the Yankees as New York took advantage of the 41-year-old right-hander tipping pitches with his changeup.

An eight-time All-Star, Scherzer was 5-5 with a 5.19 ERA in 17 starts after agreeing to a $15.5 million, one-year contract. He didn’t pitch between March 29 and June 25 because of right thumb inflammation.

Scherzer has a 221-117 record with a 3.22 ERA, winning World Series titles with Washington (2019) and Texas (2023). Scherzer is 7-8 with a 3.78 ERA in 30 postseason games.

Bichette, second in the major leagues to the Yankees’ Aaron Judge with a .311 batting average, hasn’t played since Sept. 6, when he sprained his left knee in a collision with Yankees catcher Austin Wells. Bassitt, who was 11-9 and led the Blue Jays in wins, hasn’t pitched since Sept. 18 because of lower back inflammation.

Harper announces birth of fourth child

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper added to his family lineup when he and his wife, Kayla, welcomed the birth of their fourth child days ahead of Saturday’s playoff opener.

The Harpers shared a joint Instagram post Saturday announcing their fourth child, Hayes Three Harper. The Harpers said their son was born Thursday.

“Decided to add more chaos to Red October,” the Harpers captioned the photo.

A two-time NL MVP, Harper was in the lineup for Game 1 Saturday night.