What Would Have Been: MLB’s Fiers in Houston, NBA playoffs

— Sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers would have been in Houston with the Oakland Athletics for a weekend series. The A’s right-hander, who pitched for the 2017 World Series champion Astros, hasn’t been back to Minute Maid Park since saying last November that his former team used a camera in center field to steal signs. — The World Series champion Washington Nationals were to host the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rematch of last season’s NL Division Series.