MLB's playoff races are heating up as the regular season nears its final week. Every game matters and, as baseball fans know, magic numbers start to matter. But what the heck is a magic number and ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are National League East Division champions and postseason bound, but the next step is securing a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The ...

The Phillies' magic number to clinch the NL East is 3. The Phillies' magic number to clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs is 10. According to MLB.com, the phrase "magic number" is used to ...

With the MLB postseason quickly approaching, the Cleveland Guardians' have a new magic number ahead of their final two three-game series of the regular season. With six games left to play, the ...

Note: This story is outdated. The Reds currently do not possess a magic number for the wild card. The Cincinnati Reds have a new magic number to make the MLB playoffs with six games remaining in the ...

All the sudden, the magic number count isn't so fun for the Detroit Tigers. Rewind back to about a week ago, and it felt like a matter of "how soon" and not "if" the Tigers would clinch the American ...

On Sept. 10, the Cleveland Guardians were 9.5 games back of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central, a race that most had already called in favor of Detroit. Suddenly, the Guardians have a magic number ...

The Detroit Tigers (85-73) are no longer in charge of their fate. In fact, the Cleveland Guardians own all of the cards to win the American League Central title. The magic number for the Guardians (86 ...