UPDATE: Here is link to magic numbers and remaining schedules through Friday, Sept. 26 games The Milwaukee Brewers deserve a lot of respect. They’re a small-market team that makes the playoffs almost ...

As MLB playoff races begin to heat up, magic numbers come into play. / Allan Henry-Imagn Images MLB's playoff races are heating up as the regular season nears its final week. Every game matters and, ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are National League East Division champions and postseason bound, but the next step is securing a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The ...

The Phillies' magic number to clinch the NL East is 1. The Phillies' magic number to clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs is 9. If the Phillies win or the New York Mets lose Sept. 14, Philadelphia ...

The Blue Jays are sprinting to the finish line to a worst-to-first in the American League East. By pulling a 2-1, 11-inning win in Tampa on Monday night to make it five in a row, the Blue Jays have a ...

UPDATE: Here is link to magic numbers and remaining schedules through Friday, Sept. 26 games In dramatic fashion, the Mariners have a share of first place in the AL West for the first time since Aug.

The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians are fighting desperately for the American League Central division title. What was once a 14-game edge for the Tigers – and a 15½-game deficit for the ...

The Cleveland Guardians’ September rise from baseball’s graveyard to holding a playoff spot has been shocking, amazing and hard to believe. It’s just as difficult making sense of the Detroit Tigers ...

The Milwaukee Brewers deserve a lot of respect. They’re a small-market team that makes the playoffs almost every year and they’ll be there again this October. Sporting the majors’ best record, the ...

The Detroit Tigers (85-73) are no longer in charge of their fate. In fact, the Cleveland Guardians own all of the cards to win the American League Central title. The magic number for the Guardians (86 ...

The Detroit Tigers (86-74) are no longer in charge of their fate in the American League Central, despite entering their final series of 2025 tied for the division lead; the Cleveland Guardians still ...