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There's still plenty to be decided in terms of the MLB playoff picture, but it's not too early to talk about potential storylines we'd most like to see. Over the next few slides, we'll identify a handful of ideal playoff scenarios. 

The 2015 postseason won't be short on compelling narratives. After all, teams like the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays are headed toward October baseball after years of subpar seasons. 

The snowball got moving quickly.

We may be another week closer to the MLB playoffs, but there is still plenty of time for daily fantasy baseball. The 2015 season is still going strong, and DFS owners can still cash in with massive payouts every day on DraftKings.

Still searching for waiver-wire adds to close the fantasy baseball season in style? That's a good sign.

Saying "there's plenty of time" doesn't offer much solace with four weeks remaining in the season. Honestly, there's not. Most head-to-head players have one week left to lock down a playoff spot, and rotisserie gamers know by now whether they have a realistic shot at first place.

When the season began, Alex Rodriguez was an enigma. Then, suddenly, he was an offensive force. Now, as we enter the stretch run, the New York Yankees need him to be a savior.

Sure, if the season were to end today, the Yankees would host the American League Wild Card Game, their first dip into the postseason since 2012.

For the past few days, the burning question in the Big Apple has been whether Matt Harvey would pitch for the New York Mets in the postseason. There's a complicating factor, though: The Mets have to get there first.

After some initial concern from fans that he would go the Stephen Strasburg route, Matt Harvey confirmed he'll take the mound for the New York Mets in the 2015 postseason should the team qualify.

The two teams with the best record in the National League, St. Louis Cardinals (87-49) and Pittsburgh Pirates (81-54), squared off for Sunday Night Baseball at Busch Stadium in what could end up being a playoff preview.

It's was a pitcher's duel for most of the game, but the Pirates began to chip away at Cardinals pitcher John Lackey and later into the bullpen.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Henry Owens just found out what life is like for a rookie in the major leagues.

During Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Red Sox players taped the 23-year-old southpaw to a pole inside of the Fenway Park dugout. At one point, even Owens' mouth was plastered shut.

In other words, Owens got the Pedro Martinez treatment:

If not for the scoreboard, who knows where this Kris Bryant blast would have landed.

In the bottom of the fifth inning of Sunday's game, Bryant crushed the 0-2 pitch from Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Rubby De La Rosa over the wall in left field and off the scoreboard—way up on the scoreboard.