All right teams, pencils down.
The race for MLB’s 12 playoff spots came down to the final day. The American League East and Central divisions were claimed by the Blue Jays and Guardians, respectively, leaving the Yankees and Tigers to settle for wild-card bids. The last National League wild-card spot went to the Reds, whose mediocrity was no match for the utterly dysfunctional Mets, who went 38–55 over the last three-and-a-half months and lost 14 of their last 21 to miss out by virtue of a tiebreaker.
