The Pittsburgh Pirates hope Francisco Liriano won't have to pitch until Friday. Still, the Pirates placed Liriano on the 25-man roster for Wednesday night's wild-card game against the Chicago Cubs ...

The Pirates are going with 16 position players and nine pitchers on their 25-man roster for tonight's elimination playoff game against the Chicago Cubs. (Scroll down to see the full roster.)Here is ...

Jed Hoyer didn’t hesitate to name the MVP of the Chicago Cubs’ series win over the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card round on Thursday evening. Chicago had an excellent 2025 campaign, finishing ...

In 2022, MLB introduced a new Wild Card format - as a third non-division-winning playoff squad was added to each league for a total of 12 postseason teams, the opening round also saw some changes.

With a chance to clinch a Wild Card spot, the Diamondbacks bats did not do enough to beat the Astros. The Diamondbacks also have a chance to clinch a playoff berth with a Win on Thursday and a loss by ...

The first round of the 2025 MLB postseason is complete and wow was it exciting. Three of the four Wild Card Series went the full three games, and seven of the 11 games were decided by three runs or ...

The expansion of the Wild Card format has meant there's more playoff squads than ever, but of those 12, three-quarters of them will actually play more than two or three postseason games. The division ...

As the city of Pittsburgh prepares for their first postseason game in 21 years, the National League postseason will begin on the field between the Pirates and Reds. Just over 600 miles to the west, ...