Get your magician's hat and start crossing the X's on your calendars, it's time to dive into the magic number for a Postseason birth. The "magic number" (so to speak) is the number of games a team ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are National League East Division champions and postseason bound, but the next step is securing a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The ...

As MLB playoff races begin to heat up, magic numbers come into play. / Allan Henry-Imagn Images MLB's playoff races are heating up as the regular season nears its final week. Every game matters and, ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are closing in on another Red October. Last night, the Phillies defeated their National League East Division rival New York Mets 6-4 to complete a four-game sweep and move ...

Detroit Tigers are down to 12 games left in the 2025 MLB regular season. They still hold a commanding lead in the American League Central Division over the Cleveland Guardians, but the Tigers (85-65) ...

Two straight wins over the Milwaukee Brewers has landed the Cincinnati Reds a new magic number. After the New York Mets lost while the Reds won on Sept. 26, Cincinnati held the last wild card spot in ...

There's no other way to describe it. What an absolutely perfect weekend for these Seattle Mariners, who went into Friday tied with the Houston Astros atop the AL West standings. But after Sunday Night ...

All the sudden, the magic number count isn't so fun for the Detroit Tigers. Rewind back to about a week ago, and it felt like a matter of "how soon" and not "if" the Tigers would clinch the American ...

MLB's playoff races are heating up as the regular season nears its final week. Every game matters and, as baseball fans know, magic numbers start to matter. But what the heck is a magic number and ...