The American League isn't providing much September drama, with the five playoff teams all but decided, but the National League might provide enough action for both circuits. Eight teams are battling for five spots and every day this week features at least one game between two contenders. The ...
The MLB Central crew chats on the updated NL Wild Card race, where the Braves trail the D-Backs and the Mets by two games
Breaking down the chances of every team remaining in the MLB Wild Card raceSam Belden
How does the relatively revamped wild card race work? How many teams make the playoffs in MLB Wild Card standings? Three. In total, 12 MLB teams make the postseason, six from the American League and six from the National League. Three of each of those buckets make the playoffs via a wil...
The official standings for Major League Baseball including division and league standings for regular season, wild card, and playoffs.
At this point, it’s not even necessarily a lock that the White Sox will be sellers at all. Despite their poor 30-40 record, they are only 5.5 games back of the Twins in the weak American League Central division. But the Wild Card race is much stronger, putting them 9.5 games out ...
While the American League race this year favored the new format with three teams being a game apart, the National League race last year did not. It allowed a sub par team to sneak into the divisional round by winning one game when it was six games behind. As most experts will tell you...
One (realistic) bold prediction:Alvarez chases the Triple Crown and leads the American League with 48 home runs but finishes second to Josh Bell in RBIs and second to Wander Franco in batting average.-- Schoenfield 2. San Diego Padres
season. Snell complied a 14-9 record with a 2.25 ERA, 234 strike outs, and a 1.18 WHIP with the floundering San Diego Padres. In fact, Snell’s performance down the stretch — a 1.35 ERA in his last 23 starts of the season— kept San Diego in the NL Wild Card race until the end...
“could very well be his last start on regular rest” this season. Since Detroit is all but out of the wild card race, the team has no real reason to put too many extra miles on Skubal’s arm, though naturally the team isn’t going to shut him down completely as he pursues the ...