Houston Gets Their Run Started Seattle made short work of the Blue Jays in Toronto during the wild card round, picking up a 4-0 and a 10-9 win in a hostile environment to get the sweep. The stakes get amped up a bit in the Mariners Astros game 1 matchup as Houston sends Justin Verlander […]
Braves Aim for the Repeat Philadelphia was the last team into the NL playoffs, but they were dominant in their wild card round sweep of the NL Central winning Cardinals, 6-3 and 2-0. That was probably the best possible first series matchup for the Phillies, but now the task gets a bit tougher in trying […]
Phillies Inching Closer to the Playoffs Thanks to NL East foe Miami taking 3 of 4 in Milwaukee this weekend, the Phillies magic number for the final wild card spot is down to one game. Philadelphia needs one win this week in Houston in the final series of the regular season, a tough task against […]
Braves In the Driver’s Seat It was a playoff-like atmosphere in Atlanta this past weekend as the Braves swept the Mets and now have a 2-game lead in the NL East as they head into the last series of the regular season in Miami. The big weekend was nice, but now Atlanta is definitely in […]
Chicago on a Vacation? Chicago quit when they needed to play their best baseball of the season, losing 8 straight games from September 20th – 28th effectively ending any playoff hopes the team may have had. The South Siders are now officially eliminated from the postseason, so what kind of motivation can we expect from […]
Milwaukee Needs a Big Weekend The offshore sportsbooks have the Marlins vs Brewers Friday total at just 6 runs, and even that might be on the high side with this pitching matchup. Corbin Burnes – the reigning Cy Young award winner – goes for Milwaukee but he’s up against the guy who is the favorite […]
Wild Card Coming Into Picture for Seattle The Mariners are somewhat salvaging a great opportunity to solidify their wild card spot, falling 13-12 to Kansas City on Sunday and then dropping the opener against Texas 5-0 on Tuesday. Seattle righted the ship with a 3-1 over the Rangers on Tuesday though and still have a […]
Ohtani Time Dwindling Down Another disappointing season for one of the most talented teams in MLB is coming to an end as the Los Angeles Angels aim for the sweep over the Oakland A’s. Despite having Mike Trout and reigning MVP Shohei Ohtani, the Angels are just 69-86 and are over 30 games off the […]
Baltimore Running Out of Time By all accounts it’s been a great resurgent year for the 80-74 Baltimore Orioles, who were 52-110 a season ago. Unless something changes in the last 8 games of the year though it looks like Baltimore is just going miss out on a postseason berth. The O’s are currently 3.5 […]
Cardinals Have Clinched NL Central St. Louis has checked a number of things off their list this week. First Albert Pujols hit his 699th and 700th HRs in an 11-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday, joining Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds as the only other players to do so. The Redbirds reached […]
