The 2025 postseason is officially here as MLB's best teams battle it out for a shot at a World Series title. All four Wild Card Series begin today, starting with the Tigers and Guardians (1 p.m. ET on ESPN) at Progressive Field.

NS: The Reds will push the Dodgers to the brink in the wild-card round. Hunter Greene, the flame-throwing righthander and Los Angeles native, will pitch a gem in Game 1 to outduel Blake Snell and give Cincinnati a 1–0 lead. Games 2 and 3 will be tight, but the defending champs will find a way to prevail.

The Cincinnati Reds snapped their long drought, earning their first playoff bid in a 162-game season since 2013. However, the Seattle Mariners (two years), Boston Red Sox (three) and Chicago Cubs (four) all broke out of multi-year funks of their own.

The MLB playoffs kick off today, starting with the Wild Card round. Each team competes in a best-of-three series, so winning the first matchup is crucial. Each team will send out its best starter. Here are our top MLB picks & predictions for Tuesday,

The Athletic's MLB staff takes a swing at predicting which teams will meet in the World Series ... and which one will come home a champion.

The MLB regular season may be over, but we still have a month of playoff baseball to bet on some home run props. There are four games on the docket on Tuesday,

Six Free Press sports writers chime in on whether the Detroit Tigers can upset the Cleveland Guardians in their AL wild-card series.

Jayson Stark (DET): “The baseball gods are wily. So wouldn’t it just make perfect sense — after the Tigers lost two straight series to the Guardians in the last two weeks — if they ride Tarik Skubal and pitching chaos to win this thing?”

Seven out of 15 select experts picked the Tigers to beat the Guardians in the 2025 MLB playoffs wild-card series in Cleveland.

The MLB playoff picture is finally complete. It took all 162 games and a few tiebreakers, but the bracket is set, and the postseason has arrived. Below are Yahoo Sports' postseason picks from baseball writers Russell Dorsey,

The latest Boom Fantasy promo code CBSSPORTS is good for up to $100 back in site credits if your first pick loses. The Week 5 NFL schedule kicks with Rams vs. 49ers on 'Thursday Night Football,' and there's also MLB playoff action in the meantime beginning on Tuesday.