CLEVELAND -- Guardians players, coaches, staff and front-office members gathered in the middle of the red-tinted home clubhouse at Progressive Field on Saturday night, forming a circle around manager Stephen Vogt. Before the party started, the skipper had the floor.

The Guardians completed their epic series comeback on Saturday, winning Game 5 of the American League Division Series, 2-0 over the White Sox at Progressive Field, after losing the first two games. The Guardians became the 11th team to lose the first two games of a best-of-five postseason series and

And then there were four. Twenty-six teams are home for the winter, figuring out what happens next. Four are still trying to win the World Series. One of them will. Here are our Power Rankings of the remaining quartet. We also take a look at a reason to believe that

CLEVELAND -- The Gavin Williams that Stephen Vogt first met after taking over as the Guardians’ manager two years ago was quiet and reserved off the field. On the field, he was still developing into the pitcher we know him as today. There was no way, Vogt says, that Williams

CLEVELAND -- At 9:03 p.m. ET on Saturday night, the “Jo-sé!, Jo-sé!, Jo-sé!, Jo-sé!” chants echoed across Progressive Field. At 9:04, pandemonium ensued. That’s all it took for José Ramírez to massively swing what was a tight pitchers' duel to that point in his club’s favor. Less than a minute

CLEVELAND -- The adopted Clevelander went deep, and the native Clevelander went nuts.

It feels like the Dodgers and Brewers have been heading toward this all season, doesn’t it? The Brewers have been the team with the best record in baseball. The Dodgers have been the team that, well, just won back-to-back World Series titles and desperately wants a third one. It’s an

The National League’s two best teams in the regular season are the last two standing at the end. The 103-win Brewers against the 100-win Dodgers. Who’s ready for a rematch of last year’s NLCS?

Game 1 of the National League Championship Series is a phenomenal matchup between Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski and Dodgers left-hander Tarik Skubal. It is, by any measure, an absolutely scintillating starting pitching pairing.

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers have spent a year building toward another shot at the Dodgers. Los Angeles has spent it chasing a third straight championship. Now, the National League’s top two teams meet again, with a World Series berth at stake.

On one side, you have a star-studded roster that's looking to take another step on its journey toward a three-peat. On the other side, you have a 103-win club that's looking to serve up some Championship Series revenge.

• NLCS Game 1: Sunday, 8 p.m. ET, 7 CT, 5 PT

We’ve reached the penultimate round of the postseason, and the stakes now entail the right to play in the World Series.

• What you need to know about the League Championship Series matchups As baseball’s final four gear up for the League Championship Series, starting pitching in these playoffs --

CLEVELAND – The celebration at Progressive Field rightfully lasted into the early hours of Sunday morning for the Guardians after knocking off the White Sox, 2-0, in Game 5 of the American League Division Series. But the turnaround will be quick. As a reward for pulling off the first comeback

CLEVELAND -- The White Sox clubhouse was what people would expect after their unexpected but highly entertaining 2026 season came to a close in the American League Division Series with a 2-0 loss to Cleveland during Game 5 on Saturday night at Progressive Field. There were hugs. There were tears.

Major League Baseball on Monday announced finalists for the 2026 Hank Aaron Award, an honor that recognizes the most outstanding regular season offensive performer in each League. At last year’s All-Star Game in Atlanta, MLB celebrated the 51st anniversary of Hank Aaron’s historic 715th record-breaking home run with a special

MILWAUKEE -- It was nearly one year ago that Shohei Ohtani was slumping badly at the plate through the NLDS and the beginning of the NLCS.

MILWAUKEE -- In an alternate timeline, one of the most highly anticipated pitching matchups isn’t opening the 2026 National League Championship Series.

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers have reason to believe this year will be different. Because these Brewers are different. And the biggest reason these Brewers are different? The ace they’ve got on the mound in Game 1.

For the first time in 50 years, the National League Championship Series will feature a pair of 100-win teams, with the 103-win Brewers hosting the 100-win Dodgers starting Sunday night in Milwaukee. It's going to be good. Really good.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Spend enough time around the Rays, and you’ll hear a familiar refrain about how this year’s team can win games in many different ways.

It was a packed house at Progressive Field for American League Division Series Game 5 on Saturday night as the home fans came out to see the Guardians earn a trip to the American League Championship Series with a 2-0 win over the White Sox. That included two very recognizable

CLEVELAND -- It was just a single pitch, and it went exactly where White Sox right-hander Sean Burke wanted it to go. But in the critical fourth inning of the deciding Game 5 of the American League Division Series, Burke served up a game-winning two-run homer to Guardians superstar José

MILWAUKEE -- Sal Frelick’s greatest moment in the Major Leagues wasn’t a hit, a catch or any of the other memorable things he’s done on a baseball field, even though he’s had plenty of meme-worthy moments. It was picking up the tab for dinner with Christian Yelich.

The frenetic pace of a five-game Division Series can be either a blessing or a curse -- depending on the eye of the beholder. A team can either move on quickly or find itself backed into a corner before really having a chance to settle in. An 0-2 hole to

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers' elite starting pitching was the driving force when they successfully defended their World Series title in 2025. As the back-to-back champions bid for a three-peat, their four-headed monster of a rotation has already been just as impactful four games into their postseason.