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With Game 5 of the American League Division Series between the Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium fast approaching, it’s time to

When you have a great season in your contract year, you're due for a monster payday.  

Can the Mets hold on to Yoenis Cespedes? Which top pitchers are due big bucks in 2016?

The two underdogs in the American League Divisional Series didn't take care of business at home in closeout games, and now the onus falls on them to deliver on the road in a pair of decisive Game 5 affairs.

Fact: Chicago Cubs clinch their 1st postseason series at Wrigley Field ever with 6-4 win against St. Louis Cardinals.

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FINAL SCORE: Rangers 3, Blue Jays 6

In one of the craziest win-or-go-home games you'll ever see, the Toronto Blue Jays came out on top with a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers as they advance on to the American League Championship Series.

With things knotted up at 2-2 through six innings, the two teams put together a 53-minute seventh inning with no shortage of memorable moments.

The postseason is still in full swing, but it's never too early to turn our attention to the offseason ahead.

This year's free-agent class is headlined by a foursome of starting pitchers, David Price, Zack Greinke, Jordan Zimmermann and Johnny Cueto, and there is plenty of starting pitching depth behind them.

On the offensive side of things, outfielders Yoenis Cespedes, Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Alex Gordon headline a position player class that also includes Chris Davis, Ian Desmond, Ben Zobrist, Dexter Fowler and Daniel Murphy.

For fans of a select few MLB squads, playoff baseball represents the most exciting time of the year. Supporters of eliminated teams, however, must helplessly watch others live and die on every heart-pounding pitch as their minds wander to the offseason.

If you wanted drama in the MLB playoffs, you got it.

Wednesday will feature two winner-take-all battles with both American League Division Series going to Game 5. The four teams all took different paths to get to this point, but now they know any pitch could be the difference between going to the American League Championship Series and going home.

The do-or-die, win-or-go-home sporting event is the pinnacle of athletic drama.

It creates undeniable excitement before kickoff, tipoff, the puck drop and first pitch. Pins, needles, sweaty palms and butterflies are all in play when one game defines an entire season.

On Wednesday, Major League Baseball gives us two such contests.

It's too soon to know a lot about what's coming in the MLB offseason, but at least this much is certain: David Price is going to make the big bucks.