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Andrew and Jacob break down every Wild Card matchup, including White Sox-Astros, Yankees-Red Sox, Phillies-Braves, and Cubs-Padres, before looking ahead at how the entire playoff bracket could unfold.Can the White Sox keep their surprise season going? Are the Yankees built for a deep October run? Is Craig Counsell facing serious pressure if the Cubs go home early? And after winning 103 games, are the Brewers the team best positioned to finally knock off the Dodgers?We make our World Series picks, debate the biggest threats in each league, and get ready for October baseball.

With one week left in the regular season, the American League playoff picture is somehow still wide open.The Rays, Yankees, and Red Sox lead the way in the East, the Guardians and White Sox are still fighting for the Central, and the AL West might give us one of the strangest division winners we’ve seen in years.The guys break down every remaining AL race, debate whether a .500 team could really make the postseason as a division winner, and predict which teams will survive October.Can the White Sox finish the job? Are the Yankees or Red Sox built for a deep run? Should the Rays be considered the team to beat? And who ultimately represents the American League in the World Series?Plus, we look at some of the season’s biggest disappointments and close things out with more MLB guessing-game chaos.

THIS IS THE YEAR TO BEAT THE DODGERS! | BP S3 E83

The NL Central is entering crunch time, and the Cubs and Brewers are about to go head-to-head in a stretch of games that could decide the division.This week on the Batting Practice Podcast, Andrew and Jacob break down the Brewers’ lead over Chicago, whether the Cubs can still make a run at the division, and why a Cubs-Brewers postseason matchup is starting to feel inevitable.Then, we dive into one of the biggest debates in baseball: Pete Crow-Armstrong vs. Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP. PCA has the defense, the production, and the momentum — but is it enough to knock off the biggest star in baseball? And would missing the playoffs kill PCA’s MVP case?Plus:⚾ How many games Milwaukee needs to take from Chicago⚾ Why the rest of the NL Central has helped the Brewers⚾ Our way-too-early Brewers World Series prediction⚾ Sal Stewart, the White Sox and more MLB chaos⚾ Pickle and Batter Up to close out the showThe final month of the MLB season is here, and the Cubs-Brewers rivalry is about to get serious.#MLB #Cubs #Brewers #PeteCrowArmstrong #ShoheiOhtani #NLMVP #ChicagoCubs #MilwaukeeBrewers #Baseball #MLBPlayoffs

Nearly a month has passed since the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline — so which moves are actually paying off?This week on Batting Practice, we check back in on some of the biggest names moved at the deadline, including Tarik Skubal, Adley Rutschman, Freddy Peralta, Luis Arraez, Taylor Ward, Joe Adell and more.And surprisingly… a lot of the biggest acquisitions haven’t exactly gone according to plan.We break down which players have impressed with their new teams, which trades are already looking questionable, and whether some contenders may have actually been better off standing pat at the deadline. Plus, we look back at the infamous Pete Crow-Armstrong/Javier Báez trade as a reminder that sometimes it takes years before we know who truly won a deal.Who has been the BEST trade deadline acquisition so far? And which move has been the biggest bust?Drop your picks in the comments!⚾ Subscribe for weekly MLB discussion, debates, predictions and more from Batting Practice.#MLB #MLBTradeDeadline #Baseball