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Playoff picture takes shape with about a week left
The Brewers, Rays, Yankees, Dodgers and Braves have clinched playoff berths, with Milwaukee and Los Angeles both securing division titles and Milwaukee holding the inside track to the NL's No. 1 overall seed. Houston and Texas are tied atop the AL West, and Chicago, Philadelphia and San Diego are bunched at the top of the NL Wild Card race.
MLBAlvarez, Crow-Armstrong lead tightening MVP races
Houston's Yordan Alvarez is flirting with a Triple Crown and leads the AL MVP conversation over Bobby Witt Jr., while the Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong has built one of the strongest NL MVP cases on the strength of a 40-homer, 30-steal season. In the Cy Young races, Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski leads NL starters in ERA and strikeouts, and the Yankees' Cam Schlittler is in the mix in the AL.
MLBMilestone watch: Acuna's 200/200 club, Crow-Armstrong's 40-40 bid
Ronald Acuna Jr. became the fastest player in MLB history to reach 200 career home runs and 200 stolen bases earlier this month. Pete Crow-Armstrong is within reach of a 40-40 season, and Manny Machado sits at 395 career home runs with a shot at 400 before the year is out.
MLBMLB and MLBPA remain far apart as Dec. 1 CBA expiration nears
MLB has proposed a salary cap for the first time since 1994 ahead of the collective bargaining agreement's Dec. 1 expiration, along with roster-rule changes the league says would reduce player compensation by roughly $400 million from 2026 to 2027. The players' union has rejected a cap outright, and a lockout is widely expected once the deal expires, with a mid-March 2027 date looming as the point at which regular-season games would be at risk.
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Sample · 2026 World Cup
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City · Jul 5, 2026
Of course it went to the last breath — with England it is never a procession, it is a drama with the volume up, and the studio panel had written three different endings before the real one arrived. Twice you were ahead, twice the hosts clawed it back, and the whole room did that England thing where nobody sits and nobody quite breathes.…