And then there were eight. The Wild Card round of the 2025 MLB postseason is over, and the four teams that survived are now advancing to face the four teams that earned the right to skip the line and go right to the Division Series.

McWilliams: I question the Blue Jays' ability to get through this round with their pitching issues. They lack a true ace, and I believe the Yankees will slug enough to get them through and onto the ALCS. Pick: Yankees in 5

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.

What can we learn from a week of MLB postseason baseball? Enough to make our experts go all-in on their boldest predictions.

That was excruciating. The Philadelphia Phillies were eliminated from the postseason on Thursday after relief pitcher Orion Kerkering botched a soft ground bal

Robert Murray: Manny Machado. The Summer of George, er, I mean The Fall of Machado!

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