Lead Story - 3/8/2026

SEASON 10 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

TURN OFF INJURIES !! - DONE
Playoffs start: Monday, March 9th, 7am (PT)
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Cleveland Guardians (104)
#2 New York Yankees (99)
#3 Los Angeles Angels (90)
#4 Baltimore Orioles (87)
#5 Tampa Bay Rays (85)
#6 Minnesota Twins (83)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Twins at Angels - Twins advance
(5 at 4) Rays at Orioles - Rays advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) - Rays at Guardians - Guardians advance
(2 vs 3/6) - Twins at Yankees - Yankees advance

ALCS (7 games)
Yankees at Guardians

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Chicago Cubs (99)
#2 Philadelphia Phillies (87)
#3 Arizona Diamondbacks (84)
#4 St. Louis Cardinals (92)
#5 Pittsburg Pirates (86)
#6 Washington Nationals (85)

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) - Nationals at Diamondbacks - Nationals
(5 at 4) - Pirates at Cardinals - Cardinals

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) - Cardinals at Cubs - Cubs advance
(2 vs 3/6) - Nationals at Phillies - Phillies advance

NLCS (7 games)
Phillies at Cubs

World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Phillies fail to follow Schmidt's lead in loss

A big game from Mike Schmidt couldn't lift the Phillies to victory. Chicago prevailed by a score of 6-5, despite 3 hits and 3 RBIs by Schmidt. | Box

Guardians fall to Yankees despite Kluber's efforts

Corey Kluber whiffed 11 batters, but the Yankees managed to beat the Guardians, 2-1. Russ Ford struckout 11 Cleveland batters in the contest. | Box

Dickey powers Yankees to win over Guardians

Bill Dickey blasted 2 homers, lifting the Yankees to a 9-3 win over Cleveland. | Box

Phillies fall to Cubs despite Nola's efforts

Aaron Nola whiffed 8 batters, but the Cubs managed to beat the Phillies, 1-0. Ed Reulbach was on fire, allowing just 1 hit over 8 innings for Chicago. | Box

McDowell tosses shutout for Guardians

New York is hoping not to see Sam McDowell again for a long while. McDowell went the distance, leading Cleveland to a 1-0 victory. | Box

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