MLB Playoffs Articles - Page 27

The New York Mets blew their lead over the National League East late in the season. As such, they were forced to play the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card Series. If this game is any indication, the Mets are certainly regretting not clinching the division. Mets superstar starter Max Scherzer took the […]

Friday was exactly why the Seattle Mariners gave up three of their top prospects at the trade deadline to get Luis Castillo. The hard-throwing righty rolled into the Rogers Centre and absolutely carved up an electric Toronto Blue Jays lineup, tossing 7.1 innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just six hits while striking out five. In […]

It is no secret that San Diego Padres outfielder Juan Soto is still very much on good terms with New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer. Soto and Scherzer shined during their run together with the Washington Nationals, and the two have since remained close off the field. For one, Soto issued his support to […]

The St. Louis Cardinals looked well on their way to a Game 1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday in the Wild Card Series, but everything came crashing down when they gave up six runs in the top of the ninth after having a two-run lead. Closer Ryan Helsley unraveled in his one inning […]

The Philadelphia Phillies stunned the Cardinals in St. Louis in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series. After being kept off the scoreboard through the first 8 innings of play, the Phillies’ potent lineup found their rhythm in the 9th and scored 6 runs to take the lead. Philadelphia went on to win by […]

The New York Mets head into their NL wild-card series against the San Diego Padres with a few notable injury concerns. In the case that they are looking for reinforcements for the series, Mike Piazza is ready to turn back the clock and play for his former team. Piazza took to Twitter on Friday to […]

The Cleveland Guardians were led by Shane Bieber and Jose Ramirez in their Game 1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card Series. Bieber shared a Thanos-esque take on Jose Ramirez after the game, per Al Pawlowski on Twitter “He’s inevitable,” Bieber said of Ramirez. Shane Bieber echoed a similar sentiment in […]

The Cleveland Guardians received an epic Donovan Mitchell shoutout ahead of their MLB playoff matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays. Playoffs tonight‼️‼️‼️ LETS GOOOO @Mets @CleGuardians #LFGM #ForTheLand — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) October 7, 2022 Donovan Mitchell, who’s famously a New York Mets fan, has seemingly adopted the Guardians as his American League favorite team. […]

George Springer has every intention of playing in October amid his elbow injury. The star outfielder offered a straight-forward 5-word response when asked about his status ahead of the MLB playoffs, per The Athletic’s Kaitlyn McGrath. “‘It’s October. I’ll be fine,’ George Springer says of how he’s feeling physically right now,” McGrath wrote on Twitter. […]

Starling Marte is a key piece to the puzzle in New York for the Mets. He’s dealt with injury concerns as of late, and his playoff status was unclear as a result. New York recently made a final decision on the outfielder ahead of the NL Wild Card Series, per Andy Martino. Is Starling Marte […]

The San Diego Padres didn’t go on the tear everyone expected them to go on after the 2022 MLB trade deadline, but they still managed to sneak into the playoffs as the fifth seed in the National League. That may have been the worst case scenario, though, as they will have to take on the […]

The Toronto Blue Jays might be a staple of the MLB playoffs, but a certain star of theirs is getting his first taste of postseason action. Alek Manoah has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the American League this season. After the team missed the playoffs in his first year, the righty makes […]

The New York Mets host the San Diego Padres at Citi Field in what should be a star-studded Wild Card Series in the 2022 MLB Playoffs. Here we’ll discuss our New York Mets NL Wildcard Series predictions as they take on the Padres. Despite both teams having won 101 games in the regular season, the […]

The Seattle Mariners are finally going back to the playoffs. But can they go beyond the Wild-Card round? They have the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series that begins Friday in Toronto. If they survive the Blue Jays, they will get the unenviable task of overcoming the Houston Astros in the American League Division […]

With the Philadelphia Phillies set to start the MLB Playoffs festivities with their NL Wild Card round series vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, that means it’s time to release some predictions. The Phillies, who finished the regular season at 87-75, came a long way from the first half of the year, when they fired ex-manager […]

The 2022 MLB Postseason is upon us and there are four games that will be taking place this weekend. Let’s continue our MLB playoffs odds series with a breakdown of everything you need to know heading into Wild Card Weekend and the rest of the postseason. The four matchups this weekend will be exciting to […]

The Seattle Mariners are heading to the postseason for the first time in 21 years and their Wild Card opponent will be a very tough Toronto Blue Jays team, who have home-field advantage in the three-game series. A day before Game 1, manager Scott Servais announced their starters. Per Shi Davidi: “Scott Servais says Mariners […]

With 162 games of the regular season in the books, the newly formatted best-of-three game Wild Card has finally arrived as the San Diego Padres will be traveling to the Big Apple to take on the New York Mets. With the anticipation for the start of the postseason at an all-time high, it is time […]

This is the first time since 2016 that the Blue Jays will host a postseason game at Rogers Centre. They welcome to the north the Seattle Mariners in an intriguing AL Wild Card Series. The winner gets to face the Astros in the next round. Here we’ll discuss our Toronto Blue Jays AL Wild Card […]

As strange as it is, the Cleveland Guardians are in the 2022 MLB playoffs and will host the Tampa Bay Rays in an exciting AL Wildcard Series. The winner gets to face the Yankees in the next round. Here we’ll discuss our Cleveland Guardians AL Wildcard Series predictions as they take on the Rays. If […]

The Cleveland Guardians host the Tampa Bay Rays in the Al Wild Card! It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Rays-Guardians prediction and pick. The Rays end the regular reason as the final seed and will be thanking the playoff committee for allowing an extra team to join in on the fun. […]

The Wild Card is upon us! The New York Mets host the San Diego Padres for the best of three games at Citi Field. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Mets series prediction and pick. The Padres are a sleeper team heading into the postseason. They finished second in a tough […]

The Cleveland Guardians made a flurry of roster moves on Saturday. For starters, they activated SP Zach Plesac from the IL and DFA’d RP Bryan Shaw, per Zach Meisel. The Guardians then added one of MLB’s top catching prospects, and the brother of 1B/DH Josh Naylor, Bo Naylor to the active big league roster. Finally, […]

The St. Louis Cardinals are going to be a dangerous team in the 2022 MLB playoffs. The Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and Atlanta Braves have received no shortage of attention in the National League for good reason, but this Cardinals ball club may have what it takes to upset each of those teams. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the best team in baseball. But we have seen LA dominate during the regular season over the course of the past few years, yet consistently fall short in the playoffs with 2020 being the exception. How can the Dodgers avoid falling short once again in the 2022 MLB playoffs? LA […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers starting rotation gets punched in the gut once again, with Dustin May landing on the injured list, as announced by the team through its official Twitter account. The Dodgers recalled RHP Andre Jackson and placed RHP Dustin May on the injured list with low back tightness. — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) […]

Tyler Glasnow is set to return for the 2022 MLB Playoffs barring any setbacks. Ahead of his return to the rotation, which could occur sometime next week, the star pitcher recently revealed his plan ahead of the postseason, per tampabay.com. “It would be nice to go up there and get some (innings) before (the playoffs) […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers received a promising update on a pair of key pitchers, per Dodgers beat reporter Juan Toribio. Toribio reported on Monday that both Brusdar Graterol and Blake Treinen looked sharp during a live batting practice session. He added that they both threw around 20 pitches. Graterol and Treinen are key pieces of […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are fighting tooth and nail to lock down an American League Wild Card spot. As of right now, they’re third in the race behind the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays. But, this team hasn’t exactly been playing great baseball as of late. Despite winning two in a row against the […]

The New York Mets continue to lead the National League East. They are one of the better teams in baseball and are aiming to make a 2022 World Series run. However, they can’t afford to take anything for granted. The National League is littered with talent. The Los Angeles Dodgers are MLB’s best all-around team, […]

The New York Yankees were the class of baseball through the first portion of the 2022 season. But they labored during the month of August. They still hold a respectable lead in the AL East. But the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays have closed the gap considerably after the Yankees seemed like they […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have World Series aspirations. In fact, anything short of a World Series would be considered a failure for LA. The Dodgers, despite investing a jaw-dropping amount of money into stars over the years, have won just 1 World Series championship since 1988. With just over a month left in the regular […]

The first half of the season is in the rearview mirror and there are a lot of middle-of-the-pack squads looking to make the MLB playoffs this season. Check out our MLB odds coverage, for more betting content on Major League Baseball.   The 2022 format is different than in years past. Instead of the usual […]

2022 was supposed to be Seattle Mariners year. They were going to snap their 20-year MLB Playoffs drought and make the postseason after falling just short in 2021. But as of May 26th, the Mariners are in last place in the AL West. They even trail the Oakland A’s who traded almost every notable name […]

Major League Baseball’s lockout continues to drag on with no end currently in sight. So in the spirit of the new year and trying to turn the page with a more optimistic outlook, here are four resolutions for the MLB in 2022. 4. Start the season on time This is really the only thing that […]

The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros will once again meet in the American League Championship Series, a rematch of their 2018 series in which the Red Sox defeated Houston 4-1 and would ultimately win the World Series. This is the fifth-straight ALCS trip for the Astros, who are no doubt on a revenge tour […]

The stage is now set. For the second time in four seasons, the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros will meet in the American League Championship Series, with a berth in the Fall Classic on the line. Although Boston came out on top in 2018 en route to capturing the World Series, it should be […]

After a wild and thrilling extra-innings affair in Game 3, it was the Boston Red Sox who topped the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4. The result, however, didn’t come without controversy. Per ESPN, Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier couldn’t believe the ruling on his double in the 13th inning that ended up squandering an opportunity for Tampa […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals played an incredible, white-knuckle NL wild-card game Wednesday night, but the most exciting thing to happen during the game didn’t even take place on the field. No, it was seeing Juan Soto sitting in the front row in a Trea Turner Washington Nationals jersey, cheering on his […]