The playoff field remained at five teams aside, save for one exception, until 2022. That exception, naturally, was the pandemic-impacted 2020 campaign. MLB countered the 60-game season by expanding the playoff field to 16 teams overall, the most in league history.

A Cleveland Guardians player was hospitalized after he was hit by a 99 mph pitch during their game against the Detroit Tigers in a terrifying moment on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

10 — Wins for Skenes despite an MLB-best 1.97 ERA. The likely NL Cy Young winner finished the season 10–10 with a 2.36 FIP and 216 strikeouts against 42 walks in 187 2/3 innings. It's a crime that the Pirates aren't better when he's on the mound.

The miracle run continued Saturday with a 3-2 walk-off hit-by-pitch win over the Texas Rangers ( box score ). While the furious fight for the AL Central title is ongoing, the Guardians are playoff-bound for the seventh time in the last 10 seasons.

Say the magic words, and Jonah Tong will instantly go reaching for his equipment bag. “Be like water.” It’s a Bruce Lee phrase, first shared with him by Mets Florida complex pitching coach Garrett Bak

Shohei Ohtani will “probably” make his postseason pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers if their NL Wild Card Series against the Cincinnati Reds goes to a deciding third game.

David Stearns didn’t sugarcoat it. Throughout his end-of-season press conference, the Mets’ president of baseball operations pointed to his roster’s inability to prevent runs as a primary culprit in the team’s demise.

Here's something you don't see happen a lot in baseball: Framber Valdez threw a pitch right down the middle that his catcher Cesar Salazar couldn't handle for some reason. Or... did the Houston Astros hurler throw a fastball at Salazar on purpose when the ...

Cleveland's innovative response to losing Emmanuel Clase reveals how their young rotation transformed from liability to a strength, delivering 19 starts with two or fewer runs during a championship September.

Hoping to make an impact from the mound will be the Cincinnati Reds’ Graham Ashcraft (Huntsville, UAB ), Detroit Tigers’ Casey Mize (Springville, Auburn ), Philadelphia Phillies’ David Robertson (Paul Bryant, Alabama) and Boston Red Sox’s Garrett Whitlock (UAB).