In the first three years of the expanded MLB playoff format, 10 of the 12 series in the Wild Card Round ended in sweeps.

The second day of the 2025 MLB playoffs is in the books and three out of four series are headed to a do-or-die Game 3. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the lone team to wrap up their Wild Card Series, sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in dominating fashion.

Mason Miller was brilliant in 1 2/3 relief innings for San Diego, notching five straight strikeouts and the fastest postseason pitch in pitch-tracking history. Robert Suarez finished off the game with a four-out save, giving up just one hit on 18 pitches.

In a month or so, we will know the 2025 World Series champion, but we have a whole bunch of games to go before then.

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This is a far cry from the rest of the MLB postseason. The Divisional Series are best-of-five series, and the Championship Series and World Series both consist of a best-of-seven series format. Which begs the question: Why is the Wild Card round a best-of-three?

which is the fastest pitch Miller has thrown in his MLB career, the fastest pitch in a playoff game in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008) and the fastest strikeout pitch in the Statcast era (since 2015) Miller's four-seam fastball averaged 103 mph ...

Baseball enjoyers have a big day on tap Thursday, Oct. 2 with a tripleheader of winner-take-all games set to decide Major League Baseball's wild card series. The Los Angeles Dodgers' swept the Cincinnati Reds, but all the other best-of-three series were ...

Led by Schlittler, who tossed eight shutout innings in a winner-takes-all matchup, the Yankees broke that streak with a 4-0 win in Game 3 over the Red Sox. New York lost Game 1 of the Wild Card series 3-1, as Boston ace Garrett Crochet dominated the Yankees' bats.

Chase DeLauter will become the sixth player in MLB history to make his big-league debut in a playoff game when he starts for the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card series against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.

The 2025 MLB playoffs continue on Thursday, as the wild card round concludes with three Game 3s forced courtesy of wins from the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees on Wednesday.