Wild Card clubs have tough rotation choices
It's become accepted baseball wisdom that for many teams, the best way to win a playoff series is to have your top starter -- or top two starters -- start and win as many games as possible, and then figure the rest out from there.mlb.mlb.com
Odds of Each MLB Wild Card Contender Making the Playoffs
Rob Grabowski-US PRESSWIRE. When MLB adopted the new playoff format that included an extra wild-card team in each league, they envisioned exactly what is going on right now.bleacherreport.com
Braves 6, Marlins 2
The Braves, who have clinched at least a wild-card berth, remained four games behind Washington in the NL East. Kris Medlen is expected to start for Atlanta in a wild-card game. If the Braves advance in the playoffs, a four-man rotation likely would ...www.cbssports.com
Baseball's Extra Wild Card Isn't Boosting The Gate
Baseball's big change to its playoff format, in which an additional wild card team was added in each league, hasn't been much of a factor.www.forbes.com
Your handy guide to possible multi-team playoff spot ties
Or, Major League Baseball could simply declare the winners of the first two games the wild cards and send them directly to the play-in game, hosted by the team with the better head-to-head record.mlb.sbnation.com
MLB Postseason: Why 2012's MLB Wild Card Chase Will Be the Best Ever
Baseball purists had to have thrown up in the nearest garbage can last March when Major League Baseball announced that it would be adding a team as a second wild card for both the American and National Leagues. Oddly enough, they did the same thing ...bleacherreport.com
Dodgers inch closer in wild card
SAN DIEGO -- Chris Capuano won for the first in eight starts and the Los Angeles Dodgers inched closer in the wild-card race, beating the San Diego Padres 8-4 on Thursday night. Luis Cruz hit a two-run single to help the Dodgers pull within three games ...www.cbssports.com
Why the A's Would Excel in the Wild-Card Position in New Playoff Format
The new rules that Major League Baseball has put in place for the wild card play-in games appeal to the A's. As ESPN's Buster Olney detailed in a recent article (Insider subscription required), the two teams that qualify to play in their respective ...bleacherreport.com
Brewers continue playoff push
CINCINNATI -- Shaun Marcum was wheeling his bag of belongings past the bank of televisions in the visitors' clubhouse when a final score flashed on the screen.www.cbssports.com
White Sox fall to Rays, trail Tigers by two games
The Rays pulled within two games of Oakland for the second AL wild card, while the White Sox fell two games behind Detroit in the AL Central after their eighth loss in nine games.www.cbssports.com
Colletti pointed and concise in Q&A session
2 Wild Card slot a viable possibility if they run the table. Before Thursday night's key game against the Padres at Petco Park, general manager Ned Colletti sat down with MLB.com for an exclusive interview. He spoke about the frustrations of this ...mlb.mlb.com
Nationals-Cardinals Preview
The St. Louis Cardinals have put themselves in prime position to secure the NL's second wild card by taking advantage of a stretch of games against baseball's two worst teams.www.cbssports.com
MLB Wild Card: How Tiebreakers Work
Major League Baseball introduces a new wild-card format in 2012. Previously, the non-division winner with the best record automatically became the wild card in each league. This year, each league will host a one-game playoff between the two non ...sports.yahoo.com
Mariners 9, Angels 4
John Jaso hit a two-run homer and an RBI double for Seattle, and the Los Angeles Angels wasted a golden chance to get within one game of an AL wild-card spot with a 9-4 loss to the Mariners on Thursday. Vernon Wells and Alberto Callaspo drove in early ...www.cbssports.com
Path to the Postseason: Sept. 27, 2012
By AJ Cassavell / MLB.com | 09/27/12 2:06 AM ET. Comments; print; e-mail. Twitter; Facebook; Email. It's getting pretty tough for any American League teams to pull away in the division and Wild Card races because just about everyone seems to be winning ...mlb.mlb.com
2012 MLB Playoffs: 6 Hitters Catching Fire Heading into the Postseason
There are less than a week's worth of games remaining in the 2012 MLB regular season. With baseball adopting a second wild card this year, plenty of teams remain in the running for the 10 playoff spots spots league wide. Many times in baseball, the ...bleacherreport.com
Mariners-Athletics Preview
The A's, who hold the second wild-card spot, received some help from Seattle (73-83) in that race later Thursday when the Mariners defeated the Los Angeles Angels 9-4.www.cbssports.com
MLB: Wild card adds intrigue to baseball
For baseball purists, there's not a whole lot to like about what Bud Selig has done to the national pastime. More proof of that came Wednesday when Selig said he wasn't likely to do anything about Melky Cabrera winning the NL batting title while ...www.thonline.com
Wild-card races, Triple Crown chases and game faces: an MLB wish list
When you see fans wearing jackets, managers sweating every move and pitchers starting despite injuries, you can be sure the end is near.aol.sportingnews.com
MLB roundup: Knuckleballer sends Mets past Pirates
The Brewers slipped four games behind idle St. Louis with six games left in the race for the final NL wild card. All they needed was one more out from closer John Axford (5-8), who had converted his last 15 save chances.www.heraldextra.com
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