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2026 MLB playoff predictions: Wild Card picks, best bets

Make New York Post a Preferred Source Boston Red Sox pitcher Payton Tolle (70) throws a pitch against the Cleveland Guardians in the first inning at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, Tuesday, September 22, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Get your motor running!

We were born to be wild! Well, not really, but I did order the spicy pork tacos for dinner and ran a couple of red lights while listening to Barry Manilow to get mentally tough for the wild-card round.

Aaron Judge or not, the Yankees are a better team than the Red Sox. Doesn’t mean anything when these two teams bring the hate.

The free-falling Phillies pitching will suffer the consequences.

The so-so Astros won the American League West with an 81-81 record while the upstart White Sox defied the odds and experts.

The Padres had 10 more wins than the ’Stros but still finished nine games behind the Dodgers.

Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. walks to the dugout after striking out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, in Miami. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Can they outslug Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Cubs?

Our series plays: $50 on the Red Sox (+130, FanDuel), Braves (-125, DraftKings), White Sox (+115, Fanatics) and Padres (-120, Novig).

And $50 on Payton Tolle and the Red Sox in Game 1 (+120, BetMGM).

Cam Schlittler, the best pitcher in baseball if not for a guy named Jacob Misiorowski, throws for the Yanks.

The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there’s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post’s NFL Best Bet crown last year.

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