The 2025 MLB Wild Card Round

Last year all four of the Wild Card round series ended in 2-0 sweeps. Not this year. The Dodgers blew out the Reds, 10-5 and 8-4, but the other three series were tied 1-1 after the first two days. And all featured tight, tense pitchers duels. Red Sox-Yankees scores were 3-1 and 4-3, Cubs-Padres were 3-1 and 3-0, and Guardians-Tigers were 2-1 and 6-1, with the latter game being tied 1-1 unitl the Guardians broke through for five runs in the 8th.

None of the gane threes turned out as I'd hoped, as the Cubs beat the Padres, the Yankees beat the Red Sox, and the Tigers beat the Guardians. Nonetheless, I am cheered that two teams that have never won a World Series are still in the hunt, these being the Mariners and the Brewers. They each received a first-round bye and wil be competing in the Divison Round starting later today.