Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester has experienced postseason baseball at Wrigley Field before, only from a much different perspective than the one he’s about to have. Priester grew up in the Chicago area and was in Wrigley Field's stands for Game 5 of the 2016 World Series.

It's hard, you know -- repeating as the champions of a sport. This is the case for any athletic pursuit, and it's probably fair to say it's especially difficult in baseball, which has so much structural randomness and a related knack for defying expectations.

The MLB Playoffs are ongoing right now but front offices around the league are devising plans on who to bring on-board to make their team better and strengthen their shot at a World Series title well beyond 2025.

The Mariners are ESPN’s choice to advance to the World Series, also, with a panel-high 14 votes to win the ALCS (the Yankees were second with seven votes). Five voters on the panel picked the Mariners to win it all, second behind only the Philadelphia Phillies from the National League.

The rotation was inconsistent for most of the season but really settled in down the stretch. The best versions of Bryan Woo, Logan Gilbert, George Kirby and Luis Castillo would mean four frontline starters (think 2005 White Sox ). The back-end of the bullpen is great, too, with All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz leading the way.

Only one team has advanced through the wild card round in the MLB playoffs: the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Los Angeles made quick work of the Cinci

For more sports betting insights, check out BetMGM.com. It didn’t take long for the Los Angeles Dodgers to return to being the World Series favorites. Following a sweep in their National League Wild Card Series,

The Pirates were in the World Series for the first time in 16 years. In an era where power hitters were beginning to dominate the game, their team was a throw-back. Seven of their eight regulars batted over .300. They depended on speed and finesse.

Wanting to cap Toronto's season with a title, Jeff Hoffman suggested changing hats. Six losses in seven games had dropped the Blue Jays into a tie with the New York Yankees for the AL East lead. Toronto is 5-0 in the historical headgear over the past two weeks as it takes a 2-0 lead into Tuesday night’s Game 3 of the best-of-five AL Division Series against the Yankees.