The most fascinating aspect of this first season of the new postseason format is the Wild Card Series that will take place that first week, Oct. 7-9. They will be best-of-three series, with all games played at the higher seed’s home field, for the right to play the top two seeds in each league in the Division Series.
And here’s the fun part: We can narrow down exactly what those series are going to be.
With the six American League teams pretty clear and three National League squads vying for the last two slots, we know just about every possible matchup for Wild Card Weekend — so we can rank them.
With less than two weeks left in the regular season, there may not be any suspense about who sits atop our latest Hitter Power Rankings. But seven of the other nine hitters are new since the last poll.
Take a stroll through homer history with Albert Pujols, and the first thing to note is the stunning photographic memory the slugger possesses when it comes to recalling pitchers faced, locations of pitches and his particular feelings on the nights in question.
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, MLB.com is presenting a series of roundtables, debating the best players from various Latin American countries.
Go around the league for complete Pennant Chase coverage with live look-ins, highlights, expert analysis and more throughout the night starting at 5 p.m. ET.