The late night NL Wild Card series will feature two old rivals entering the playoffs with very different seasons. The Dodgers are the big bad wolf with deep pockets who fell shorts of expectations despite racking up 93 wins.

Knowing that fact and nothing else, it makes sense that the Red Sox's strike rate against the Yankees was lower than their strike rate against an average foe. In other words, the Red Sox were probably throwing more cutters against New York because they were in worse counts.

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Not a ton of home runs were hit yesterday, which is typical for the MLB playoffs, but we are back today to see if we can get any of our favorite MLB home run predictions to come through today. There are MLB bet boosts available at Fanatics, bet365, and DraftKings to use for these home run picks.

Opening their World Series title defense with a best-of-three Wild Card Series against the Cincinnati Reds might be scarier than most expect.

He has made only three relief appearances, but that's enough to make Roki Sasaki a high-leverage arm for the Dodgers.

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