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Through all the trials and tribulations, the Atlanta Braves won over 90 games this season and are locked into the third seed in the National League. They will face the Philadelphia Phillies starting Tuesday in the Wild Card series and will host their first home playoff game since 2023. It will be difficult to get […] The post The Atlanta Braves Must Answer Two Questions in the Postseason appeared first on The Lead .
ATLANTA — The Phillies will take on the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of a Wild Card Series between National League East rivals on Tuesday afternoon at Truist Park. They won’t have the help of any of their trade-deadline acquisitions. Philadelphia made three big-league additions in early August, trading for reliever Brooks Raley from the […]
Minnesota Twins fans should root for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2026 postseason.
The Phillies barely made the playoffs. They went 10-14 in September, losing four of their last five games and had to wait until the last day of the season to claim the National League’s third and final Wild Card spot. They had a run differential of only +15, the offense was just 19th in runs […]
Atlanta Braves star Chris Sale is set to lead his team into their National League Wild Card Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. The Braves will be confident heading into the series, as they won the NL East while the Phillies narrowly reached the postseason as the No. 6 NL Wild Card team. Of […] The post Braves’ Chris Sale just sent Phillies a warning without even trying to appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Find out who's in and who's out for the Philadelphia Phillies ahead of Game 1 against the Atlanta Braves.
Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series starts in under three hours, and the Braves have announced their lineup, shuffling things up quite a bit. Mauricio Dubon gets the nod in the cleanup spot with a left-handed starter on the mound in Jesus Luzardo. Drake Baldwin gets the start behind the plate instead […]
The Braves are going with a lineup that’s simultaneously surprising and not-so-surprising in Game 1 of their three-game playoff set against the Phillies: The top half of the lineup isn’t that surprising. Sure, maybe you expected the Braves to start with Ronald Acuña Jr. given that the nominal starter they are facing today throws with […]
The Philadelphia Phillies backed into the MLB playoffs, holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final wild card spot in the National League. The Phillies made some solid moves at the MLB trade deadline, looking to improve the roster for the 2026 playoff run. As the team has released its roster for the NL Wild […] The post Phillies trade deadline a playoff bust with release of NL Wild Card Series roster appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Braves Wild Card Series roster dropped on Tuesday morning, and there are a couple of very notable changes, as the club is opting to carry just 11 pitchers into the three-game set. Your 2026 Wild Card Series roster! pic.twitter.com/RKJ7kYjP4j — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 29, 2026 Rowdey Tellez and Luke Williams join the club […]
The MLB playoffs officially begin on Tuesday, and the rosters for the Wild Card round have been unveiled.
The Phillies announced their roster for the National League Wild Card series vs. the Atlanta Braves. Right-Handed Pitchers (7) Left-Handed Pitchers (5) Catchers (3) Infielders (5) Outfielders (5) Designated Hitter (1) The biggest note, as we covered Monday, is Luis Arraez being sidelined with an ankle injury. The Phillies had hoped for Arraez to make […] The post Phillies Announce Official NL Wild Card Roster appeared first on Crossing Broad .
Good morning! Playoff baseball begins today with the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Atlanta Braves in NL Wild Card Game 1 and Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees in AL Wild Card Game 1. Which AL and NL team(s) are you rooting for in this year’s MLB Postseason? In Mariners news… Around the league…
It’s come down to this, once again. For the third time in five seasons, the Braves’ first playoff opponent will be a Phillies team that they beat up on in the regular season and distanced themselves from in the standings. But, when you force two teams — any two teams — to play a short […]
Good morning A’s fans! Ready for playoff baseball today? We got four games this fine Tuesday, starting with a battle between two NL East teams. The Philadelphia Phillies arrive in Atlanta to take on their division rivals, the Braves, for the first of the best-of-three series. We have a prime pitching matchup to start the […]
The likelihood started to look extremely dim over the weekend, but the Phillies did indeed clinch a postseason spot and thus a ticket to Atlanta to take on the Braves in the best of three Wild Card series. There is plenty of familiarity between these two division rivals, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some […]
Both Chicago teams are in the playoffs for the first time since the shortened 2020 season. As Jon Morosi of MLB Network points out, Tuesday is just the ninth time ever that the White Sox and Cubs have played a postseason game on the same day. 1. Luzardo to start Game 1 The Phillies will […]
If the Phillies are going to have a chance against the Braves, there will have to have been several things that go their way. We can talk all day about the offense and their need to hit and that is a great place to start. In baseball, it’s pretty simple: if a team doesn’t score […]
ATLANTA — Whether it’s Will Klein, Steve Pearce, Cody Ross or Travis Ishikawa, teams who win World Series titles tend […]
The MLB Postseason officially begins today, with all of the Wild Card series playing Game 1 of their best of three format. The Phillies made it close, but they eventually ensured that they too will be a part of the field, and they will actually be the first game of the day when they take […]
Playoff baseball is finally here. Chris Sale will man the mound for the Braves while Jesus Luzardo will start for the Phillies. Sale is ready for the moment, but many in Braves country know it is going to be just as important that the offense is ready to go as well. It does seem that […]
Good morning, baseball fans! The 2026 MLB Playoffs begin today and it will be jam-packed with four games. Here’s everything you need to know to keep up with the action. National League The Atlanta Braves welcome the Philadelphia Phillies to town for Game 1 of their Wild Card series which begins at 11:00 a.m. this […]
The Dodgers are in their bye period, getting everyone healthy and their pitching lined up how they want it for the NLDS that will start this Saturday at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers will play the winners of the Braves/Phillies Wild Card Series. Fans of other teams often accuse the Dodgers of buying their championships, and […]
It is tempting to use a team’s September play to try and project how they’ll fare in October. Especially when that September was as near-disastrous as the one the Phillies just had. In a way, the Phillies’ September slide has taken some of the pressure off. Between their 10-14 month and their 1-4 final five […]
ATLANTA — The Phillies arrived at Truist Park on Monday for a workout that was not promised when they woke up the morning prior. After an ugly final week of the regular season, they still needed to clinch on Sunday. Finally, they took care of business with a thrilling, pouring victory. Now, they’re playoff-bound for […]