As teams like the Cubs, Padres, Red Sox, Guardians and White Sox clinched their spots in the Major League Baseball playoffs on seemingly an every-day basis, the Philadelphia Phillies were seemingly stuck in quicksand. For four consecutive days, the Phillies’ magic number did not move. It was stuck on two as they kept on losing […]
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Vinnie Pasquantino slugged a pair of home runs to power the Royals to a win in the 2026 season finale vs. the Guardians. ———– Join the conversation! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Royals/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcroyals/ Visit The Royals: https://www.royals.com Get tickets: https://www.royals.com/tickets Official Royals Merchandise: https://www.royals.com/shop
Adam Eargle, CBS Sports Design The 2026 MLB playoff bracket is officially set. With the regular season wrapped up on Sunday, all 12 teams headed into the postseason have secured their spot. The Rays held off the Yankees to win the AL East and secure the American League’s best record and a bye straight to the ALDS. The No. 4 seed Yankees will take on their division rivals, the No. 5 Red Sox, in the other Wild Card Series. Elsewhere, the Guardians squeaked past the White Sox to earn the AL Centr...
KANSAS CITY — If you scanned the Guardians’ lineup for Sunday’s regular-season finale at Kauffman Stadium, a 3-2 loss, you noticed it did not include a number of usual suspects. After Cleveland clinched the AL Central and a first-round bye in the postseason on Saturday, Game 162 was merely a formality. Mainstays José Ramírez, Steven Kwan, Chase DeLauter and Brayan Rocchio each got the day off. Austin Hedges (the DH on Sunday) took just two at-bats before exiting. ALDS presented by Booking.com,...
It wasn’t the headlining professional sports game in Kansas City on Sunday afternoon, but the Royals beat the Guardians 3-2 to conclude their 2026 season, thanks for two homers from Vinnie Pasquantino. The Royals got on the board in the bottom of the first, when Maikel Garcia led off with a walk, Jac Caglianone doubled […]
This is it. The miserable 2026 Royals season finally ends today. They are 1-4 on the homestand so far, they are 68-93 on the season. Daniel Lynch IV starts today. Here are the Royals starters today. The Guardians clinched the division and a bye into the ALDS after their win last night against the Royals. […]
CC Sabathia’s path to becoming a New York Yankees legend came with plenty of uncertainty. In July 2008, the Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians) traded Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers in the final year of his contract. He entered free agency after helping the Brewers reach the postseason in 2008. Although they offered him a […]
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We have not one, but two (!!) playoff spots coming down to Game 162. One race that did get decided on Saturday was the AL Central. The Guardians won and the White Sox lost, clinching the division for Cleveland. 1. Phillies face win and in scenario The NL Wild Card race seemed all but over […]
Depending on what happens in what is now a completely inconsequential 162nd game, it's entirely possible that, after the White Sox left Cleveland trailing by one game, they could end up winning all three remaining series and somehow end up further behind. Such is the importance of controlling one's destiny, and the Guardians lived up to their name by protecting their margin with almost perfect baseball down the stretch.
That the White Sox were up by 4½ games as late as Aug. 29 makes the wild...
With more nasty weather thrashing the East Coast, the Yankees did not play today—meaning all eyes could shift to the rest of the league. New York doesn’t have anything more to play for, but that was far from the case for many of their AL contemporaries. One division was finally decided on this penultimate day […]
The Cleveland Guardians were not counted as a true championship contender heading into the final month of the season. The late-month surge changed all of that perception as Stephen Vogt and his men, including Austin Hedges, went 16-8 in September alone. The Guardians clinched another AL Central title Saturday night, and Hedges made sure the […]
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The Detroit Tigers were supposed to be the better team on paper, and the Chicago White Sox were a compelling story all yearlong, but the Cleveland Guardians are still the kings of the American League Central. Despite ranking last in MLB with a sub-$80 million payroll, Stephen Vogt’s ballclub once again rallied late and have […]
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The 2026 post-season field will need all 162 games to be settled. Entering Saturday, there was the possibility that all 12 October clubs could have punched their tickets, but only the Cleveland Guardians and San Diego Padres locked in their spots for the playoffs with victories. Combined with a Chicago White Sox loss, Cleveland locked down its third straight AL Central title with a victory over the Kansas City Royals. That means that the Guardians will also hold the No. 2 seed in the American ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox had their hopes of winning the AL Central dashed when Hunter Goodman hit his 40th and 41st homers to lift the Colorado Rockies in a 9-6 win Saturday night. The White Sox needed to beat the Rockies to stay alive in the division race after the Cleveland Guardians won 11-5 at Kansas City on Saturday to take a two-game lead on the season’s penultimate day. Chicago will be the final AL wild card and will play on the road against the AL West winner in a three-game Wil...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Once again, the Cleveland Guardians are division champs. Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland’s five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Saturday night to clinch their third straight AL Central title. Cleveland’s victory, coupled with Chicago’s 9-6 loss to Colorado, gave the Guardians (85-76) a two-game lead over the second-place White Sox (83-78) with one game remaining in the regular season on Sunday. José Ramírez and the G...
KANSAS CITY — There was a point this summer when it felt like the walls were starting to close in on the Guardians. Cleveland entered a midseason swoon before the All-Star break, when it was trying to tread water without José Ramírez after he underwent left hamate surgery. Guardians Postseason Tickets are On Sale Now! After the Guardians fell to one game over .500 with a fourth straight loss on July 8, catcher and team leader Austin Hedges offered some hopeful context and confidence the tide w...
KANSAS CITY — There was a point this summer when it felt like the walls were starting to close in on the Guardians. Cleveland entered a midseason swoon before the All-Star break, when it was trying to tread water without José Ramírez after he underwent left hamate surgery. Guardians Postseason Tickets are On Sale Now! After the Guardians fell to one game over .500 with a fourth straight loss on July 8, catcher and team leader Austin Hedges offered some hopeful context and confidence the tide w...
Cleveland cruising past a pitcher in Kansas City’s Michael Wacha who had owned them largely winnowed any chance the White Sox would have to finish with a late kick to win the AL Central. However, the White Sox ended any chance of extending the division drama to Sunday by getting off to a rocky start […]
If there's any silver lining to the White Sox letting the AL Central slip out of their grasp, it's better to know a day early.
The White Sox's 9-6 loss to the Rockies tonight, coupled with the Guardians' 11-5 victory over the Royals, cemented the division in favor of Cleveland, which also gets the first-round bye as the No. 2 seed. The White Sox have to settle for the third wild card spot, and will head to the state of Texas to play whichever team ends up taking the AL West, but at least the...
Things started off so well for the Royals, but one error led to a disaster second inning, and the Royals could never recover. They ultimately fell to the 2026 AL Central Division Champion Cleveland Guardians by a score of 11-5. Michael Wacha faced only three in the first inning, and the offense went to work […]
Manager Stephen Vogt meets with the media following our 12-9 road win against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City.
Well, folks. It’s been a…well I was going to say it’s been a good season. But it hasn’t. So I’ll say, “It’s been a season.” This is my last game preview for the 2026 Royals calendar. I, along with the rest of the usual suspects, will be posting discussion threads for the playoffs, but even […]
The American League standings still have a number of races to be decided, including the American League Central division. The Cleveland Guardians did not play their best game of the season on Friday, but the Kansas City Royals happened to be even worse. While the Guards committed two defensive errors and the bullpen struggled, the […]
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Noah Cameron’s last start of the year did not go well, writes Jaylon Thompson. Cleveland first pounded KC left-handed starter Noah Cameron. He surrendered seven runs (six earned) in five innings. “I made some bad pitches,” Cameron said. “Some tough plays, which happens, since it’s baseball. But yeah, I think it just got out of […]
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