We could not have asked for a better way to kick off the 2025 postseason. Four games, three of them close (and hey, the Reds got the tying run on deck despite being down by five late), and phenomenal pitching performances across the board are what the playoffs are all about. Let’s do it again! Guardians vs. Tigers, 10:08am PDT …
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See New Posts Robert Suarez on with two down, one on in the eighth. Going into the 8th inning The Padres lead 3-0 and have 93.5% chance of winning Game 2. Mason Miller’s stuff That inning (see below) was a perfect illustration of Mason Miller having the best pure stuff in baseball. Yes, he’s No. 1. …
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Chase DeLauter will become the sixth player in MLB history to make his big-league debut in a playoff game when he starts for the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card series against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. The Guardians released their lineup for the game, with DeLauter hitting seventh and playing center field. Per Paul …
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Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day: 1. Game 1 winners go for sweep in Wild Card Series: The Tigers, Cubs, Red Sox, and Dodgers took home victories in Game 1 of their respective Wild Card series yesterday, and each of those clubs will be going for the sweep today. …
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NEW YORK — The stage is set for another October showdown in the Bronx, where the Red Sox can punch their ticket into the next round and the Yankees must fight to keep their season alive. After Boston claimed Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, the rivals return to Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night with plenty on …
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 MLB Wild Card playoffs. Baseball’s compressed Wild Card Series can get as unpredictable as its name suggests. The MLB playoff format was expanded to a best-of-three opening series in 2022. Since then, three wild-card teams charged into the World Series (the Philadelphia Phillies in 2022 and the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks …
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NEW YORK — Instant reactions as the Red Sox claw their way to a 3-1 victory over the Yankees in the Game 1 of the Wild Card Series behind Garrett Crochet’s gem, Masataka Yoshida’s pinch-hit heroics and Aroldis Chapman holding on for dear life in the ninth: 1) Alex Cora’s platoon-heavy lineup was predicated on the idea that the Red …
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CHICAGO — The season is on the line for the Padres, who will try to stave off elimination in the best-of-three NL Wild Card Series when they face the Cubs once more at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 2:08 p.m. CT/12:08 p.m. PT. But after a 3-1 Cubs victory Tuesday, San Diego manager Mike Shildt didn’t …
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CHICAGO — The postseason comes at a team fast. It can go by quickly, too. Two days after completing a regular season that spans six months, four teams find themselves on the precipice of elimination. One of those teams is the Padres, who lost Game 1 of their National League Wild Card Series on Tuesday in the same way they …
Read More »Chicago Cubs Announce Wild Card Series Roster Bleacher Nation Hot-hitting rookie Ballesteros cracks Cubs’ Wild Card roster MLB.com Cubs’ playoff roster predictions ahead of series vs. Padres NBC 5 Chicago For Matthew Boyd this postseason, baseball is so much more than just a game WGN-TV Cubs release roster for 2025 wild-card series against Padres Chicago Sun-Times Source link
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