Lead Story - 8/20/2026

2041 Playoff Schedule and seedings

Six teams per league qualify: Three division winners and three Wild Cards
The top two division winners in each league get a bye to the Division Series. Tiebreakers: h2h, run differential, power ranking, runs scored, coin flip.
The third division winner and third Wild Card (seeds 3 and 6) face off in the Wild Card round (best-of-three). Higher seed hosts all three games. Winner advances to face the No. 2 seed in Division Series.
The first and second Wild Cards (seeds 4 and 5) also play in Wild Card round (best-of-three). Higher seed hosts all three games. Winners advances to face the No. 1 seed and 2 in Division Series.
Division Series is best-of-five as it has always been; League Championship and World Series remain best-of-seven, with team with better regular-season record having home-field advantage.
4 Days Off before Post Season Starts
2 days off between series.

AL seeding:
1. Twins
2. Rays
3. Astros
4. Angels
5. A’s
6. Jays

NL seeding:
1. Pirates
2. Padres
3. Marlins
4. Brewers
5. Diamondbacks
6. Rockies

League Chat Box

Viciedo blasts off, leads Angels to win

Dayan Viciedo blasted 2 homers, lifting the Angels to a 7-6 win over Arizona. | Box

Murphy blasts off, leads Angels to win

Donnie Murphy blasted 2 homers, lifting the Angels to a 9-6 win over Arizona. Giancarlo Stanton hit 2 homers in the game for the Angels. | Box

Cueto baffles Angels, Diamondbacks win

Johnny Cueto struckout 8 Los Angeles batters in a 6-3 win for the Diamondbacks. | Box

Mahtook blasts off, leads Diamondbacks to win

Mikie Mahtook blasted 2 homers, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 6-1 win over San Diego. Oliver Perez struckout 11 Arizona batters in the contest. | Box

Worth delivers in clutch, Angels win

Danny Worth drove in 4 runs, carrying Los Angeles to a 5-2 victory over the Astros. | Box

7/9/2026

Traded Picks

2011
Twins get second round pick from the Rays (Valencia-Baldeli deal)
Pirates send their 2nd round pick to Braves (Jones for Alcides trade)

2012
Rays send 2nd rd pick to D-backs as part of zito/theriot/worley for slowey/johnson/holland deal

2013 rookie draft
Dbacks are sending SPs Ricky Nolasco and Ben Sheets to Twins for their second round pick.
Rays send 2nd round pick for DH Travis Hafner

2014 rookie draft traded picks:
Giants send 1st and 2nd Round picks to Pirates as part of Billingsly-Quintana deal
Dbacks send 1st rd pick to Rays as part of Wagner-Wilson deal
A’s send back a 1st rd pick to Rays as part of Gordon-Pujols trade

Padres trade 1st round pick to Rays in Parra-Dunn/Holland deal
Dbacks send 2nd rd pick this Pirates as part of Maness-Marmol trade

2015:
trade with Twins and included in trade was 1st rd to Red Sox.

2016
Giants get the Twins' 2nd rounder this year

2017
Giants get Twins 1st and 2nd

2018
Twins sending 2018 1st and 2nd to Giants