First, it was Adrian Beltre in the third. Then, it was Josh Donaldson in the fifth. Finally, it was Jose Bautista in the ninth. Those three superstars all left the Rangers’ 5-3 win over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the ALDS on Thursday, and what we know about this series could be turned […]

After the 98-win Pittsburgh Pirates were eliminated from the playoffs by the 97-win Chicago Cubs in the NL Wild Card game, the cries to reform MLB’s playoff system grew louder. One person that isn’t too enthralled with the idea is someone whose opinion matters quite a bit – Commissioner Rob Manfred. Manfred spoke about tweaking […]

Last season, the Royals were the most unexpected team in the playoffs and used that momentum to win the Wild Card game and eventually find their way into the World Series. This year, that role has been taken on by the Astros, as they barely hung on to a Wild Card in a year they […]

If the Chicago Cubs got to the postseason a year earlier than ultimately expected, they looked especially precocious during Wednesday’s 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Wild Card Game. A young team that developed quickly accelerated the plans in Wrigleyville, helped largely by Jake Arrieta pitching like the ace he’s been all […]

It wasn’t supposed to end this way…again. The 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates were better than the 2013 team that beat the Reds in the Wild Card game and fell to the Cardinals in the NLDS. They were better than the 2014 Pirates team that was shut down by Madison Bumgarner and the Giants in the Wild […]

The Texas Rangers (88-74) and the Toronto Blue Jays (93-69) will face off in the AL Division Series, beginning this Thursday. It’s an intriguing matchup on paper, and these five questions immediately came to mind. Do the Rangers really stand a chance?  On paper, this is a nightmarish match up for Texas. Not because the the […]

The Chicago Cubs are heading to an NLDS showdown with their arch-rival, the St. Louis Cardinals. In Wednesday’s NL Wild Card game, the Cubs topped the Pirates 4-0 at PNC Park thanks to yet another dominant start from Jake Arrieta and a bombastic offensive performance from Kyle Schwarber. Heading into the game, all the talk […]

The New York Yankees ended their two year playoff drought this year and secured a Wild Card spot on the back of an aging yet productive core. But it’s hard to say if their year was truly a success: the Yanks built up an impressive division lead in the season’s first four months before falling […]

It doesn’t seem fair that the teams with baseball’s second and third-best records are playing in a sudden death elimination game, but those are the breaks. The Chicago Cubs (97-65) travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates (98-64) to win the right to move on to the NLDS in St. Louis. Unlike the AL game […]

The Houston Astros are moving on after knocking off the New York Yankees 3-0 on Tuesday night in the AL Wild Card game. Houston looked impressive in victory, silencing the Yankees’ lineup while doing just enough on offense to succeed. But even though the Astros won, that doesn’t mean there aren’t questions still circulating around […]

The New York Yankees are one and done in 2015. On Tuesday night, they fell 3-0 to a game Houston Astros side at Yankee Stadium, marking the third straight season the team has gone without a playoff win. But the Yankees weren’t the story on Tuesday night – the Astros pitching staff was the story. […]

We’ve reached October, and with October comes the MLB Postseason. We’ve been watching baseball for six months, and 30 teams have been pared down to just ten. But who do we think will end up as World Series champions? Who will take home the World Series MVP award? Hell, which teams will be one and […]