The New York Yankees are an absolute playoff force. They cruised past the Boston Red Sox in laughably dominant fashion, sweeping the series while outscoring their division rivals 18-2 across the two games. Yankees starting pitchers Cam Schlittler and Max Fried combined to pitch 12 1/3 innings with 16 strikeouts.

After a high-stakes final day in the MLB, the playoff field is set, and the National League leads the World Series odds race. The Los Angeles Dodgers may be the juggernaut, but the potential paths for other contenders are too clear to ignore.

The Dodgers opened their best-of five NLDS with a 5-3 win over the Braves at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Tarik Skubal threw six innings of two-hit ball to earn the win.

The Dodgers enter the playoffs after a 100-win season, seeking a third straight World Series title, with oddsmakers favoring them despite the historical trend that has made a title elusive for 100-win teams.

Freddie Freeman rallies the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers roster around a veteran’s farewell while battling through personal injury to secure another World Series for Miguel Rojas.

As the Dodgers entered the final portion of the regular season this year, manager Dave Roberts gathered some of his hitters to deliver a late-season reminder. Nine months earlier, the Dodgers had openly proclaimed their ambitions to complete a World Series three-peat this year,

The Brewers are a distant second to the Los Angeles Dodgers in odds to win the World Series. BetMGM has the two-time defending champion Dodgers at +220 and the Brewers at +600. Those odds give the Brewers about a 12% chance to win the World Series, slightly up from last year, when they were about 9.4% heading into the playoffs.

A 33-year-old pitcher said he would 'be very disappointed' if the Dodgers don't win a third consecutive World Series, but stopped short of calling it a failure.

Things are heating up in this MLB postseason, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are back at it, with a chance to win the World Series.