MLB Playoffs

The MLB has announced a new 12-team playoff format for the 2022 season. From new rules to past changes, here’s everything you need to know.

The Atlanta Braves first World Series win in over 20 years averaged 11.7 million viewers for the six-game set against the Houston Astros.

Just like last postseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves will battle for a World Series berth.

Wilmer Flores and the San Francisco Giants are the latest victims to questionable umpiring in the playoffs. Here are the 10 worst calls in MLB postseason history.

Randy Arozarena added another postseason highlight-reel play to his resume in Thursday night’s Red Sox-Rays ALDS Game 1.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers will face off in the 2021 NL Wild Card Game. Heres how to watch on TV and stream for free online.

Here’s how all 30 teams stack up in the MLB Power Rankings in the final week of the 2021 regular season.

MLB reportedly will require non-playing personnel to be COVID-19 vaccinated in order to gain on-field access during the 2021 postseason.

Major League Baseball’s postseason bubble succeeded as a defense against the novel coronavirus. MLB players extended their streak of consecutive days with no new COVID-19 tests to 54 through Thursday during a time of rising cases in the United States. Players did not have positive tests in 62 of the previous 63 days, the commissioner’s office said Friday. There were…

How are Padres fans coping with the sight of their rival in the World Series? I checked in with NBC 7’s resident diehard.

Game 7 of the National League Championship did not disappoint for Dodgers fans. Enrique Hernandez and Cody Bellinger both homered as Los Angeles came from behind in the series to beat the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, advancing to the World Series for the third time in four years.

His fist was raised high in the air in triumph. The ball hadn’t even landed yet, but it was as if Walker Buehler already knew what was about to happen. Over 300 feet away Mookie Betts was hastily backpedaling before leaping up at the last second. His eyes closed as he crashed into the wall. He had just made the…

Shortly after the final out in the Padres National League Wildcard playoff series win over the St. Louis Cardinals on October 2nd, the streets around Petco Park erupted into a Padre Party. Padres fans poured into the East Village streets waiving Padre flags, honking horns, cheering players as they walked to the team bus, everyone was celebrating the teams first…

On Thursday night the Dodgers coasted to a 12-3 win, finishing off a three-game NLDS sweep of the Padres.

In 2020 the Padres have been one of baseball’s most resilient teams. They have more comebacks wins than anyone in the Major Leagues. A heaping helping of resiliency is something they need right about now. The Friars are going to have to win three straight games against the Dodgers, the team with the best record in baseball, the overwhelming World…

In a season of comebacks, the Padres nearly pulled off their best one yet. Instead, they’re staring right at elimination. Derek and Darnay discuss the Game 2 thriller. There were clutch hits, emotional outbursts, pivotal homers, and lots of resilience. Unfortunately, there was also Bellinger’s glove. Was that their best chance? What did this teach us about the rivalry?...

Fernando Tatis Jr. was inches from a go-ahead homer. Instead Cody Bellinger snatched that opportunity away, and the Dodgers coasted to the finish line. The Padres will face elimination in Thursday’s game three.

Mike Clevinger’s return barely lasted more than an inning. Once again the Padres had to rely on their bullpen, and it seemed to finally catch up to them in their NLDS opener. Derek and Darnay discuss the pitching quandary, where things went wrong Tuesday night, and what the Padres need to do to get back in the series.

After surviving in three games against the Cardinals and keeping the Dodgers’ potent lineup in check through four innings, the Padres’ revolving door of pitchers ran into trouble in their 5-1 loss in game one of the NLDS.

Mike Clevinger, yes. Dinelson Lamet, no. At the end of the day those are the names Padres fans were most curious about when the team released its 28-man NLDS roster. After both were unavailable against the Cardinals, Clevinger will have a chance to make his San Diego postseason debut against the Dodgers. The Padres announced that Clevinger will start game…