October baseball is here! Major League Baseball’s postseason will officially get underway on Tuesday, September 30 with the start of the Wild Card Series. The field for the postseason came down to the final day of the regular season with the Reds locking up the final playoff spot in the National League due to winning

Both Championship Series of the 2025 MLB playoffs unfolded on Friday. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners moved to a 3–2 series lead in the ALCS with a 6–2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays,

George Springer and Julio Rodriguez have been two of the hottest bats for their respective teams. Each player has tallied a hit in three straight games, and both have homered twice in the ALCS. Riding the hot hand in the postseason is never a bad idea, and both players have been elite all playoffs.

The Blue Jays shook off the 18-inning defeat, as Vladmir Guerrero Jr. and their offense handled the pitching of Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers’ bullpen, beating them 6-1 to even the series and guarantee that there will be at least one more game in Toronto.

And if you're curious, one pitcher in history has ever had a three-homer game in the regular season. It was Jim Tobin of the 1942 Braves. He went 3 for 4 with three homers and four RBI. He threw a complete game, too. He also allowed five runs (three earned), though.

The MLB league championship series continues with two thrilling matchups as the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS and the Toronto Blue Jays face the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS, with a spot in the World Series on the line.

The Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in a scary situation this Halloween, heading to Toronto and on the brink of elimination for the World Series at the hands of the Blue Jays. The good thing for Los Angeles is that they’ll trot out Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the back of two-straight complete game efforts, including one in Toronto just six days ago.

Coming off Shohei Ohtani's amazing performance to finish off the Brewers in the NCLS, Matthew Pouliot takes a look at the scope of history.

Most hits in a postseason: Where Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s dominant 2025 run ranks in MLB history originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Pitching often rules in October, but some hitters just see the ball better than others when everything is on the line.