Derek ShawMilwaukee beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS Game 1. Monday brings NLCS Game 2 at 5 p.m. ET and ALCS Game 1 at 8 p.m. ET, plus how all four teams got here.
Derek ShawLabor Day is the last national pause on the 2026 baseball calendar. The Monday slate still plays, and the stretch to Sept. 27 does not freeze.
Derek ShawZoom in. This is not a tour of every wild-card bubble in October baseball. It is not the American League Central. It is the National League's last wild-card.
Derek ShawGDS analyzes how MLB's tightening division and wild card races are moving postseason futures with about six weeks left in the regular season.