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2020 MLB playoffs: An ALCS comeback from 3-0? Here’s why these Houston Astros could do it

At the end of every day during the baseball postseason, I run a set of simulations to estimate the updated probabilities for each series and the ultimate outcome of the bracket. I add the newest results to a log and send them in to Bristol HQ for inclusion in our ongoing coverage of the playoffs. […]

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Houston Astros survive to force Game 6 vs. Tampa Bay Rays in ALCS

SAN DIEGO — Carlos Correa might have provided the exclamation point, lacing a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday to keep the Astros’ season alive at least one more day, but it was manager Dusty Baker’s cool hand that kept Houston in this game, giving Correa a chance for his […]

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MLB playoffs 2020: Ranking 35 trades that shaped the Rays, Astros, Dodgers and Braves

You can sign a great player, but that’s just about writing a bigger check than anybody else. You can draft a great player, but that’s just about your pick coming before somebody else’s pick. The true connoisseurs know that the fun is in trades. In a trade, it isn’t enough to spot the talent or […]

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MLB playoffs preview: Everything you need to know about the 16-team postseason

It’s time for the MLB playoffs! After a wild sprint to the finish that needed every day of the regular season to determine the seeding, the real fun begins. For the first time, 16 teams will enter the postseason, and just a few short days later half of them will be headed home. Who will […]

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