The Toronto Blue Jays need to have a short memory and a long memory when they take the field at the Rogers Centre Wednesday afternoon for Game 5 in the American League Championship Series.

They need to forget the beating they took in Game 4, as the Kansas City Royals bludgeoned them on their home field by a 14-2 margin after the Royals jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back.

In baseball’s long history of epic playoff moments and fantastical series comebacks, only once has a team come back from an 0-3 deficit to win a series. The 2004 Boston Red Sox gave many a team hope in the toughest of situations, but replicating their magic is next to impossible.

Both the American League and National League Championship Series looked extremely close on paper following the division series, but they have been anything but that thus far.

The Kansas City Royals hold a 3-1 advantage over the Toronto Blue Jays entering play Wednesday, while the New York Mets are just one win away from sweeping the Chicago Cubs at 3-0. It doesn't take much to shift momentum in a series, though, which is why both are far from over.

The MLB offseason has officially begun for every team save the final four in the playoffs, so trade speculation will continue swirling from now through the Fall Classic and well into the winter.

If the caliber of players making headlines in the latest trade buzz is any indication of what's to come, it could ignite a captivating series of transactions as front offices work to retool their rosters.

The Toronto Blue Jays are trying their best to snatch the momentum back from the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series' critical Game 4 in Toronto on Tuesday afternoon.

The Royals took a stranglehold of the series by taking care of business at home but allowed the Blue Jays to get back in it in Game 3. Toronto's bats exploded in their return home after cooling off in Kansas City, knocking home 11 runs to cut the series deficit to 2-1.

The National League Championship Series has been all about the New York Mets to this point, but the Chicago Cubs aren't going to let this one get away from them that easily.

While the Mets took care of business at home to grab a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, the Cubs now get a chance to utilize some home cooking as the teams travel to Wrigley Field. Chicago is 2-0 at home this postseason, and fans hoping to see the organization's first World Series berth since 1945 will certainly be loud.

Fans of power pitching should avert their eyes from Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays, because the heat at Rogers Centre will be coming from the stands, not the pitching mound.

Plenty of new blood and a few familiar faces have made the 2015 MLB postseason arguably the most exciting one in years.

The bustle of the MLB postseason is rightfully commanding all the baseball chatter, but many of the players who are still competing could wind up in different uniforms in the spring.

MLB's free-agency period is arguably the most exciting in professional sports, with a horde of high-profile shifts that shuffle the competitive landscape.

If you were looking for a closely contested LCS, well, sorry about your luck. The Mets and Royals have each raced out to 2-0 leads in their respective series, sweeping home contests while putting the Cubs and Blue Jays' backs against the proverbial wall.