A disturbing viral video shows the moment Cleveland Guardians’ player David Fry was hit in the face by a 99-mph fastball. The video, which was posted to YouTube by the Bleacher Report, has racked up more than 300,000 views.

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.

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).

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.

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.

The Athletic tracked the fate of every baseball used in two major-league games earlier this summer. Here's what we found.