Overview
- Cleveland clinched the AL Central with Brayan Rocchio’s extra‑innings walk-off after Detroit’s 4-3 loss in Boston, completing the largest regular-season division comeback on record.
- The Yankees will host the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card after Boston secured the No. 5 seed with its finale win at Fenway; Game 1 is in the Bronx.
- Toronto captured the AL East and the top seed, Seattle holds the No. 2 slot, and Cleveland enters as the No. 3 seed hosting Detroit.
- In the NL, the Dodgers face the Reds and the Cubs host the Padres after Cincinnati claimed the final berth over the Mets via tiebreaker.
- All Wild Card Series are best-of-three at the higher seed’s park starting Tuesday, with projected Game 1 matchups including Tigers’ Tarik Skubal vs. Guardians’ Gavin Williams and Boston’s Garrett Crochet against the Yankees.