CINCINNATI -- The Reds' front office had little choice but to digest the reality that the club was knocked out of the postseason in the first round by the Dodgers. It was obviously much earlier than they had hoped. But very quickly, attention has turned towards 2026. “Obviously, a tough

CHICAGO -- The Padres went for it in 2025. They went for it hard. On one of the most frenzied days of transactions in MLB history, they swung five trades involving 22 players in the hours leading up to the July 31 Trade Deadline. They felt they’d built a team

CHICAGO -- As soon as the baseball hit the leather of Pete Crow-Armstrong’s glove, the Cubs’ center fielder spun around to face the fans going crazy in the bleachers. He pumped his left fist once. And then he did it again, and again, and again.

CHICAGO -- The ending? Familiar. Painfully familiar. The 2025 Padres spent the winter, spring and summer determined to atone for last October’s bitter ending -- only for the same bitter ending to befall them again. Another winner-take-all game on the road. Another unsatisfactory showing from the San Diego offense. Another

CHICAGO -- There was no most valuable player chosen in the best-of-three National League Wild Card Series between the Padres and Cubs, won by Chicago via a 3-1 series-deciding victory Thursday evening at Wrigley Field.

Throughout Major League history, there have been some epic late-season runs during which teams have erased significant deficits over a small number of games to launch themselves into the postseason. Here's a look at the greatest 11th-hour postseason pushes in baseball history:

CHICAGO -- These are not uncharted waters for the Padres. While the Cubs are trying to author a new chapter in the franchise’s postseason history, this San Diego squad has been tested in recent Octobers for the precise situation at hand. The Padres took down the Cardinals in a winner-take-all

After two full days of baseball, we have only one team that has advanced out of the Wild Card Series: the defending champion Dodgers, who completed a two-game sweep of the Reds to cap Wednesday’s action. In all best-of-three Wild Card Series, the winner of Game 1 has gone 18-2.

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers were three outs away from rolling onward in their title defense, but the ballpark atmosphere didn't quite reflect it. The mood was dampened after the team's bullpen arms labored through a shaky eighth inning for the second night in a row, sucking some of the

LOS ANGELES -- The Reds watched the Dodgers celebrate after advancing past them in a two-game sweep of their National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday with an 8-4 victory in Game 2. They were keenly aware of what Los Angeles does best -- scoring runs with a relentless offense.

LOS ANGELES -- As manager Dave Roberts has worked to establish his trust tree of arms this year, the Dodgers' starting pitchers have climbed the highest. Chief among them is Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who ascended to the role of staff ace in a dominant sophomore season. With a chance to close

LOS ANGELES -- Bad Bunny’s words echoed over the Dodger Stadium loudspeakers as Kiké Hernández stepped into the batter’s box in the bottom of the fourth inning with the tying run on base. Walking on the moon, Michael Jackson/Mr. October, Reggie Jackson.

LOS ANGELES -- Throughout September as they played one must-win game after another to stay in the playoff race, the Reds referred to themselves as "cockroaches" that can't be killed. In the epitome of a do-or-die Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday, the 2025 Reds

"For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out. At the old ball game." That's been part of the cheerful song sung during the seventh-inning stretch at ballgames for nearly a century. It's a good thing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" had already been sung at Dodger Stadium before

CHICAGO -- For everything that Adrian Morejon, Mason Miller and Robert Suarez accomplished on Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field -- and this was a performance for the ages from the Padres' bullpen -- their most important accomplishment didn’t exactly pertain to Game 2. In a 3-0 victory, Morejon retired all

CHICAGO -- As the Padres’ 3-0 victory over the Cubs progressed Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, eventually evening this best-of-three National League Wild Card Series at one game apiece, Jameson Taillon started thinking about arguably his biggest start since joining the North Siders.

Things swing quickly in a best-of-three series. The Reds are already up against it, while the Dodgers are just a win away from moving on.

CHICAGO – Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga spun around on the mound, grimaced and threw his head back, looking to the heavens. Manny Machado tossed away his bat and turned to his Padres teammates in the first-base dugout, flexing and shouting as he bounded up the line. At a critical point

CHICAGO -- On some level, Manny Machado was surely wondering if he’d make it into the right-handed batter’s box at all. First base was open. The Padres were clinging to a one-run lead. The matchup -- Machado vs. left-hander Shota Imanaga -- was not a favorable one for the Cubs.

Move over, Aroldis Chapman. Mason Miller is the new No. 1 flamethrower in recorded postseason history.

CHICAGO -- David Rosner wasn’t exactly happy with the Cubs’ 3-0 loss to the Padres during Wednesday afternoon's Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field.

CHICAGO -- The season is on the line for the Padres, who will try to stave off elimination in the best-of-three NL Wild Card Series when they face the Cubs once more at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 2:08 p.m. CT/12:08 p.m. PT. But after a

The first day of the playoffs featured tense moments, superb pitching, clutch hitting, great defense and the taut, almost unbearably nerve-wracking moments that only the baseball postseason can provide. We hope you are not too exhausted because on Wednesday, we’re going to do it all again. This time, though, four

LOS ANGELES -- For as many ups and downs as the Dodgers weathered during the regular season, they remained secure in their identity as a battle-tested postseason juggernaut. That applies to those who have been around the team for years as well as some of this year's newcomers.

LOS ANGELES -- Teoscar Hernández unloaded on a hanging slider from Reds starter Hunter Greene. He held his bat as the ball flew into the night sky, taking a second to admire it. The Dodger Stadium crowd cheered so loudly that parts of the ballpark shook, and Hernández flung his