Overview

• New York hosts Boston in a best-of-three starting Tuesday at Yankee Stadium after Toronto took the AL East on a season-series tiebreaker and earned a bye.
• Cleveland completed a comeback from 15.5 games back to win the AL Central and will host Detroit in the other AL Wild Card series.
• Cincinnati clinched the NL’s final berth over the Mets via head-to-head record and travels to face the defending champion Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
• Mets fallout began immediately as Pete Alonso said he will opt out to test free agency, while GM David Stearns confirmed manager Carlos Mendoza will return.
• The Giants finished around .500 and missed the postseason, with Bob Melvin’s status in question after meetings as analysis pointed to pitching depth thinned by the Rafael Devers trade.