The Padres' Real Wild Card Edge Isn't the Standings
San Diego's half-game lead over Arizona looks shaky on paper, but a softer closing schedule is the edge nobody's talking about heading into Petco Park.
San Diego's half-game lead over Arizona looks shaky on paper, but a softer closing schedule is the edge nobody's talking about heading into Petco Park.
Everyone says the AL wild card is a chaotic seven-team pileup while the NL is basically settled. The actual games-back numbers tell a different story entirely.
The Cubs broke a franchise record with 30 unanswered runs across three games -- then blew a 4-0 lead and lost on a Diamondbacks walkoff in the very same game.