Overview
- MLB released the Wild Card Series schedule on Sunday, placing Yankees‑Red Sox in prime time on NBC and Peacock with Game 1 set for Tuesday at 8 p.m.
- The Yankees officially named Cam Schlittler for Game 1, Max Fried for Game 2 and Gerrit Cole for Game 3 if needed, giving the club a defined three-start rotation for the short series.
- San Diego clinched the top National League wild-card and will host the Chicago Cubs in a best-of-three series in Petco Park.
- Philadelphia retained a clinching path entering its finale after its magic number was two and had its first pitch moved earlier because a nor'easter raised the chance that a loss combined with an Arizona win would send the Diamondbacks in via intradivision tiebreaker.
- The nor'easter also forced timing changes and cancellations, including the Yankees-Orioles finale being called off and New York finishing the regular season 93-68, a development that shortens travel and recovery plans before Tuesday's openers.