The 2026 postseason picture is clarifying with three days remaining in the regular season, but two persistent questions loom over the AL side of the bracket.

1. Who will win the AL Central and secure a first-round bye?
2. Who will win the AL West? Essentially, we have two teams

Exactly one week ago, it sure felt as if the Diamondbacks' postseason hopes were slipping away from them. But ever since a series-opening loss to the Yankees last Friday, Arizona suddenly cannot lose. The D-backs have rattled off five straight wins -- including a sweep of the Rockies earlier this

It's the final week of the regular season, and most of the NL playoff picture is pretty well settled, with all three division winners and their seeds set in stone. As for the Wild Card, the Cubs and Padres both secured postseason berths on Thursday. The Phillies have a two-game

Four teams clinched a spot in the the 2026 postseason on Thursday. The White Sox, Cubs, Guardians and Padres secured their place in the playoff field, joining the six other teams who have already locked up a postseason bid. As you keep an eye on the standings with just three

PHILADELPHIA -- It sounds like Luis Arraez's sprained left ankle is as bad as it looked on Thursday night. Arraez got an MRI exam on Friday morning. Asked about the report, Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said on Friday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, “Yeah, kind of not a great

BOSTON -- The Cubs know they are in the playoffs as a Wild Card team on the National League side. The Red Sox have secured their place in the postseason as the second Wild Card in the American League. But there is one last wrinkle being thrown into the mix

The AL and NL Wild Card Series presented by AbbVie begins Tuesday, Sept. 29 with many of MLB’s most popular players preparing to take center stage. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs are leading the

NEW YORK -- Only two players in Orioles history (since 1954) have led the American League in both home runs and RBIs in a season: Frank Robinson, when he won the Triple Crown in ‘66 (49 homers and 122 RBIs), and Chris Davis, when he set the franchise home run

Bill Giles came to Philadelphia to entertain the masses. His legacy extends far beyond that. Giles, once called the P.T. Barnum of baseball because he tried just about anything to get people to the ballpark, joined the Phillies to help them close Connie Mack Stadium and open Veterans Stadium in

TORONTO -- It was the biggest crowd of media and cameras Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has faced all season, crowded around the face of the Blue Jays on Friday afternoon as he tried to right the week’s wrongs. Guerrero wanted to apologize for comments he made earlier in the week in

The White Sox clinched a postseason berth on Thursday, something that few people outside of the South Siders’ clubhouse could have expected at the start of the season. It’s been an amazing turnaround for a club that lost a Modern Era-record 121 games in 2024 and 102 games in 2025.

NEW YORK – Health was at the forefront of Aaron Boone’s mind as the Yankees’ manager prepared to fill out his first lineup card of the afternoon on Friday, looking to get players their necessary reps ahead of the postseason. “We’ll get guys what they need from a work standpoint,

BOSTON -- The Red Sox not only solidified their playoff seeding and a Wild Card Series matchup with the Yankees that starts on Tuesday in New York, but they got some of their recently missing offensive swag back in the process. In a 4-3 victory over the Cubs in Game

Henry Rowengartner may have well been playing for the Cubs on Friday, because the synchronized slides from Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson looked like a scene straight out of “Rookie of the Year.” Busch and Swanson each flopped into home plate one second apart, culminating a mad dash around the

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NEW YORK – CC Sabathia first visited Yankee Stadium before the paint was dry, carrying the expectation of delivering a long-awaited championship across his broad shoulders. He loved the building immediately, and now he will always be part of it. Sabathia’s No. 52 was retired by the Yankees on Friday,

The final weekend of the 2026 regular season is here, and there is still much to be determined. While 10 teams have clinched playoff spots, two playoff berths are still up for grabs. And from an individual perspective, there are awards that could be determined in the coming days. Here’s

BOSTON – No one really knew what the road back to the field would look like for Alex Bregman in the immediate aftermath of the scary scene on Sunday in Cincinnati. The Cubs’ star third baseman was struck in the left side of the face by a foul ball and

BOSTON – Injuries have become an all-too-recurring theme for the Red Sox in September, and another one cropped up on Friday when the surging Mickey Gasper injured his right biceps while striking out in the fifth inning of the 4-3 win over the Cubs in Game 1 of a split

SAN DIEGO -- The Diamondbacks placed right-hander Corbin Burnes on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation on Friday, the club announced. Burnes had been scheduled to start Saturday night's game against the Padres as the Diamondbacks try to chase down the Phillies for the final NL Wild Card spot.

PHILADELPHIA -- As poorly as the Phillies have played recently, they still control their destiny with three games to play in the regular season. But will they play those games without Luis Arraez?

The MLB Wild Card Series presented by AbbVie begins on Tuesday, and all games in this round will be available exclusively on NBC platforms.

The Red Sox have moved the start time for Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Fenway Park from 6:05 p.m. ET to 5:35 p.m. ET/4:35 p.m. CT. The change was made in consultation with Major League Baseball due to potential weather impacts later this evening. Fenway

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, one of the most storied in all of sports, dates back more than a century. It's a matchup rich with tradition and iconic moments -- and yet, these two titanic franchises have only met in the postseason six times.

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LOS ANGELES -- No, it isn’t getting old. For the first five decades of their existence, the Padres reached the postseason a grand total of five times. With a 4-2 win over the Dodgers on Friday at Dodger Stadium, they’re now going back to the postseason for a fifth time