Overview

• - Byes went to the Blue Jays and Mariners in the AL and the Brewers and Phillies in the NL, with Wild Card matchups set as Red Sox at Yankees, Tigers at Guardians, Reds at Dodgers, and Padres at Cubs.
• - Cincinnati edged New York for the final NL berth on a head-to-head tiebreaker after both finished 83-79 and will open at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, with Dave Roberts saying it’s a “pretty good bet” Blake Snell starts Game 1.
• - Cleveland clinched the AL Central on Sept. 28 to cap a comeback from 15.5 games back and will host Detroit in the Wild Card round.
• - Aaron Judge secured his first American League batting title, and Shohei Ohtani finished with 55 home runs to extend his Dodgers single-season record.
• - Per OptaSTATS, the Reds reached the postseason in a full 162-game year without a qualifying hitter batting .270, a 25-homer hitter, a 15-win pitcher, or a 200-strikeout pitcher.