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The Arizona Diamondbacks fired manager Chip Hale and general manager Dave Stewart on Monday after the team failed to reach expectations following an offseason of high-profile moves. 

Fox Sports Arizona's Jody Jackson shared a statement from the Diamondbacks:

While Mark McGwire failed to earn a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame over the summer, he and nine others will get a new opportunity in the Today's Game Era Committee voting.

On Monday, the Associated Press reported the group of 10 finalists on the ballot includes McGwire, former Commissioner Bud Selig and former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.

Major League Baseball's postseason predictions are a lot like blind dates: We've all tried them at some point, but man, they rarely goes right.

But that doesn't stop us from trying, right? So below, I've attempted to predict the entire 2016 postseason, knowing fully well that I'll probably get everything all wrong. The MLB postseason is funny like that, but hey, maybe this is the year it all goes according to plan.

With the 2016 MLB regular season officially wrapped up and the 10-team playoff field now set, this week's power rankings are going to be a little bit different than what you may be used to.

Looking at last week's performance is not necessarily the best indicator of which direction each of these teams is headed, as some of them clinched prior to last week and were resting guys and setting up their playoff rotation, while others were battling just to make it in.

Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss has resigned, the team announced Monday.

Weiss, 52, just completed the final year of a three-year contract. 

The Rockies have gone 283-365 in Weiss' four years as manager, failing to reach the postseason during his tenure. The team went 75-87 this past season.

After a brilliant 11-game winning streak in September allowed them to move into first place and clinch the American League East title, the Boston Red Sox (93-69) played indifferent baseball in the final week of the season and lost five of their final six games.

That allowed the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians (94-67) to take advantage and finish with a better season-long record than the Red Sox and earn home-field advantage in their American League Division Series.

For all their successes in recent seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals enter their National League Division Series matchup as relative strangers. They have not met in the postseason despite combining for seven division championships in the past five seasons.

The Dodgers' two NLDS battles against NL East champions came during the two campaigns (2013 and 2015) where Washington was sitting at home.

For the second time in his career, Rick Renteria will try his hand at managing in Chicago.

After an exciting September that featured tightly contested postseason races in both leagues, the 2016 MLB playoffs are finally upon us with the field already set despite the regular season ending on Monday.

So it begins.

After six months and thousands of baseball games, the warm, languid promise of Opening Day gives way to the chilly pressure of the MLB playoffs.

The lights get brighter. Every pitch, at-bat and defensive chance is magnified. If you're not excited, get excited.

We'll help with a complete preview of the 2016 postseason, including rankings of every club's offense and pitching staff, a look at the managers who will be pulling the strings and predictions for every round up to and including the World Series.