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What To Watch For In The Wildest MLB Playoffs Ever

It seemed like baseball might never get here, but MLB’s regular season came to an end on Sunday, and the playoffs are at hand. And it’s going to get ridiculous: The postseason now has 16 teams — which should mean more chaos — and no home-field advantage for most of it, with neutral-site games in […]

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Forget Starting Pitchers. It’s Bullpen Season.

This Major League Baseball postseason, and in particular this wild-card round, might represent a tipping point in pitching strategy. Relievers accounted for a record 17,415⅓ innings this season, topping the record set last year of 16,469⅔ innings. Major league relievers accounted for 40.1 percent of total innings thrown this season, a record share of workload. […]

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