There are some tighter races in the American League. The Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros are neck-and-neck as they fight for the NL West title, and there's a logjam in the AL wild card race behind the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays lead the AL Central and East, respectively.

Houston Astros ace Framber Valdez is set to hit free agency, and the Los Angeles Dodgers could be in the mix for his next landing spot.

The Houston Astros' offense entered Friday night's game at the Atlanta Braves in a serious rut. Rookie Zach Cole quickly proved to be the perfect spark plug for Joe Espada's club. Cole, a 25-year-old outfielder,

The Houston Astros needed a spark on offense, and they got it from an unlikely source on Friday. Zach Cole, who began the year with Double-A Corpus Christi, was

Here are MLB magic numbers, remaining schedules and tiebreakers for contenders through Thursday, Sept. 11, along with playoff matchups if Wild Card Series began Friday, Sept. 12

“Houston has the necessary rotation depth to move on from Valdez,” he writes. “Hunter Brown has emerged as a Cy Young candidate in his own right, while the return of Ronel Blanco and Spencer Arrighetti should reinforce the 2026 group.

The MLB playoffs are coming fast, and there are battles for the final wild card spots in both the American and National League that could get some more clarity