Overview

• The Wild Card Series are set: (3) Guardians vs. (6) Tigers in Cleveland, (4) Yankees vs. (5) Red Sox in New York, (3) Dodgers vs. (6) Reds in Los Angeles, and (4) Cubs vs. (5) Padres in Chicago.
• Cleveland clinched the AL Central after erasing a 15.5-game July deficit, the largest regular-season comeback on record, and will host Detroit.
• Boston locked up the No. 5 seed with a 4-3 win over Detroit on Sunday and opens at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, with Garrett Crochet facing Max Fried in Game 1.
• The Mets were eliminated on the final day as Cincinnati earned the last NL Wild Card via the head-to-head tiebreaker and now visits the Dodgers.
• All Wild Card Series are best-of-three played entirely at the higher seed’s park starting Tuesday, while the Blue Jays and Mariners hold first-round byes.