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Top storyline for each Wild Card Series Game 2 (opens the original)
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Whew! What a first day of playoff baseball that was on Tuesday. We had a clutch comeback in Georgia, a Pope-endorsed White Sox win in Houston, two Massachusetts natives dominating the Red Sox in the Bronx and a Michael King no-hit bid in San Diego. Postseason Guide• Final bracket• Wild Card Series matchups• How to watch Wild Card Series on NBC, Peacock• Postseason schedule Good news: We get to do it all again today. We’ve got four more games, and each of them is an elimination game in this best-
Power Rankings: Who starts playoffs on top? (opens the original)
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And then there were 12. Two spots were clinched on the final day of the season, and however difficult it may have been for the Phillies and Astros to get in, and however much their fans may have had to sweat the last day, all that is behind them now: They’re in the postseason. They made it. One of these 12 teams is going to be popping champagne in a month. Which one will it be? Here’s our Power Rankings’ best guess. Postseason Guide• Final bracket• Wild Card Series matchups• How to watch Wild Ca
Who sits atop final Power Rankings of the regular season? (opens the original)
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These are the last MLB.com Power Rankings of the 2026 regular season. In exactly one week, 18 of these teams will go home, and 12 will be left. We have made it all the way through. Since these will be the final rankings, let’s take a look at each team, even the ones who did not make the playoffs, and find something positive its fanbase can feel about the 2026 season … now that it’s almost in the rearview mirror. These rankings, as always, are compiled from MLB.com contributors whose names you ca
3 takeaways from Bernal’s immediate impact for Cardinals (opens the original)
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This story was excerpted from Will Leitch’s Cardinals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. This season has featured 13 different Cardinals making their Major League debuts, a group that includes a likely top-three NL Rookie of the Year finisher (JJ Wetherholt) and a history-making slugger (Joshua Báez). But the Sept. 1 callup of catcher Leo Bernal (MLB Pipeline's No. 7 Cardinals prospect) sure looks like it may end up being th
Will these 5 teams take the next step in 2027? (opens the original)
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In the final weeks of the regular season, some teams are in the thick of the postseason chase, some teams are just trying to make sure they stay healthy before the playoffs start and some teams are just playing out the string. But for some other teams that are building for the future, September is a chance to set a tone: It’s a chance to show what you’re going to be capable of, perhaps very soon. The canonical example of this is the 2014 Chicago Cubs, a team that hadn’t produced a winning record
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