The Yankees have plenty of power, depth and experience, but the top of their rotation, particularly newcomer Hiroki Kuroda, could be the key to a deep October run.

While the Tigers have been inconsistent this year and certainly have flaws, they also have the kind of rotation and star sluggers to play deep into October.

Steve Cauthen was heading back home to Kentucky, reclining in an airplane seat and reading the newspaper, when he saw two words that always catch his eye: Triple Crown.

Red Sox ace Jon Lester already had 200 innings coming into his final start of the season Tuesday night, a no-decision in a 12-inning, 4-3 loss to the Yankees.

No offense to Reggie Jackson, but Chris Davis is becoming Mr. October for the amazing Baltimore Orioles.

Mark Teixeira had no problem hearing the Yankee Stadium boos as his 0-for-6 Tuesday night against the Red Sox continued to worsen, because in his mind, he was booing himself.

Hisashi Iwakuma kept the Angels at bay and Seattle evened the final series of the year with a 6-1 win at Safeco Field.

A gut-wrenching 4-3 loss to the Giants on Tuesday night was the final act, eliminating the Dodgers from the postseason while clinching a National League Wild Card ticket for the Cardinals.

Nate Silver, the auteur of political blog FiveThirtyEight and the creator of the PECOTA projection system for Baseball Prospectus, has brought his keen statistical mind to the way humans forecast the future in his new book, “The Signal And The Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — But Some Don’t.”

For the first three weeks of the season, while the offense stalled and the Angels got off to the 6-14 start that ultimately might’ve cost them the playoffs, Mike Trout was in the Minor Leagues.

Justin Smoak said the Safeco Field facelift will be good both in attracting free agents to the Mariners as well as for the club’s own returning nucleus.

The Dodgers went from a 7 1/2-game lead in the National League West on May 27 to being eliminated from the last Wild Card spot by the Giants on Tuesday night.

Josh Hamilton, Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera’s biggest threat to his American League Triple Crown chase, favors Cabrera over Angels outfielder Mike Trout in the AL MVP race.

The A’s may have clinched a playoff position, but a host of variables will dictate where, who and when they’ll be playing in the postseason.

Had he submitted one last dominant outing Tuesday, R.A. Dickey could have pushed the National League Cy Young award out of anyone else’s reach. Instead, Dickey gave up three runs in six innings, not necessarily damaging his credentials, but leaving the door open for others to catch him

Never concerned about the mild back spasms that forced his removal from Monday’s game in the eighth inning, Buster Posey started at first base for the Giants on Tuesday night against the Dodgers.

Kevin Correia exerted his will on a makeshift lineup of Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night, hurling six-hit ball for 6 2/3 innings in a 5-1 Pirates victory.