The heightened urgency and strategic roster construction in the playoffs mean the scariest clubs in October aren't always the best teams over the course of a 162-game season.
While we will see many returning players who have excelled in the playoffs, there will be plenty of potential new names to showcase their skills in their first postseasons.
A fan celebrating her 6th birthday wound up with Eugenio Suárez's 350th career homer, and while flashing the biggest smile imaginable, she tossed it onto the field. Her reasoning? "I don't know. I just wanted to throw it."
Ayami Sato threw a complete game as the Los Angeles Queens defeated the San Francisco Firebells to wrap up the Women's Professional Baseball League's inaugural season.
