MLB Playoffs Articles - Page 50

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 […]

The MLB playoffs are finally upon us and the ALDS and NLDS matchups are locked in after the Wild Card games took place. In one super intriguing ALDS series, the Chicago White Sox will take on the Houston Astros. Chicago took care of the AL Central this year in convincing fashion as they steamrolled into […]

It’s finally here. After the grind of the 162 game season, 19 head-to-head matchup, and an epic Red Sox-Yankees upset in front of the home crowd at Fenway for the Wild Card, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox will meet for the American League Division Series, starting on Thursday. The series is a […]

As the 2021 season nears its final weekend, much of the baseball world is focused on the five-team AL wild-card race, and for good reason. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting together an incredibly impressive winning streak that has vaulted them into the second NL wild-card spot and turned them into a legitimate contender. […]

No team in MLB is as hot as the St. Louis Cardinals are entering the final two weeks of the season. The Cardinals have won 11 straight and currently lead the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies by four games for the final wild-card spot in the National League. Per ESPN, this is the longest win […]

With a four-game winning streak under their belts, the Cincinnati Reds have leapfrogged the Padres for the second wild card spot in the National League, and now lead San Diego by a game. This recent development may come as a shock to some, but the thing is, the Reds have been playing solid baseball for […]

The MLB season is entering its stretch run and things are heating up all over the place, thanks in large part to one of the most exciting trade deadlines of all time. Teams are surging, others are collapsing, and most of the divisions are still in play, aside from the dumpster fire that is the […]