Overview

• Cleveland clinched the AL Central with the largest comeback on record after erasing a 15½‑game July deficit, capping Sunday with Brayan Rocchio’s three‑run walk‑off to beat Texas.
• Toronto secured the AL East title and the conference’s No. 1 seed by holding the 8–5 season‑series tiebreaker over New York after a 13–4 win at Tampa Bay.
• The final NL Wild Card went to Cincinnati over the Mets on a head‑to‑head tiebreaker after both finished 83–79, with New York losing 4–0 at Miami on Game 162.
• The Wild Card matchups are set: AL — (3) Guardians vs. (6) Tigers and (4) Yankees vs. (5) Red Sox; NL — (3) Dodgers vs. (6) Reds and (4) Cubs vs. (5) Padres.
• All four series will be played on consecutive days at the higher seed’s ballpark starting Tuesday, with ESPN carrying the games per MLB’s schedule release.