Opinion

The Cleveland Indians cruised through the American League playoffs with a sparkling 7-1 record and will now await their National League opponent in the 2016 World Series.

The Cleveland Indians have already booked their World Series flights. Now it's up to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs to round things out and get the 2016 Fall Classic underway.

You know that thing about momentum being the next day's starting pitcher? The Los Angeles Dodgers are about to put that to an interesting test.

LOS ANGELES — It was that moment when you’re creeping along through gridlock and, suddenly, the freeway opens up.

Addison Russell re-introduced himself to this National League Championship Series by walloping a home run, Anthony Rizzo reminded folks he hasn’t gone anywhere by crushing another, and pretty soon all that was left in view was the taillights of the Chicago Cubs. Vrooom!

The 2016 MLB postseason is butter, and Andrew Miller is a hot knife.

Miller got eight crucial outs Wednesday in the Cleveland Indians' 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, which sent the Tribe to their first World Series since 1997.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the driver's seat in the National League Championship Series.

Now, rookie Julio Urias can steer them to the brink of a World Series berth.

LOS ANGELES — By the end of it, a dominant season suddenly fragile, harrowing memories from last October gnawing at their fringes, this is what the toothless Chicago Cubs were reduced to.

In the ninth inning, Anthony Rizzo hacked at a Kenley Jansen cutter, and his bat exploded into three pieces. The biggest piece, the barrel, somehow helicoptered behind him, U-turning like a boomerang in mid-air, and crashed high into the netting behind the plate. The ball? It dribbled toward first base for a single.

The Toronto Blue Jays are trying to go where only one team has gone before. They took an important first step in Game 4 on Tuesday.

The MLB season continues on Tuesday, with both the NLCS and ALCS featuring crucial games for different reasons. In the NLCS, both teams will be looking to take control of the series. In the ALCS, things might come to a close on Tuesday.

Below, we'll break down the remaining schedules of the series, all of the viewing information and preview the contests on tap.

Even with the MLB playoffs ongoing, many MLB fans are beginning to look ahead to the offseason and speculate where the biggest stars might land.