Keep up on the dying days of the MLB pennant race.

Half of the 12-team Major League Baseball postseason field still needs to be decided in the final week of the regular season.

The National League Wild Card race is heating up as the MLB season nears an end; John Fanta and Jay Croucher discuss who might clinch the final Wild Card spots.

Here are nine numbers and format changes that explain the pressure, pitching, upsets and drama

The National League Wild Card race is going down to the wire, and the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, and Philadelphia Phillies still have almost everything to play for with the Arizona Diamondbacks on the outside looking in — needing a miracle.

The NL wild-card seedings may still be in flux when the Cubs head to Boston for what looks to be a rainy final regular-season series.

The San Diego Padres are still in a tight wild-card race, Jake Cronenworth won an award and Joe Musgrove still isn't making progress.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hopes to return from a strained right calf for the playoffs next week and Giancarlo Stanton could be back after a 5 1/2-month absence. New York manager Aaron Boone repeated he's not counting on Judge to play in the AL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday.