Record: 90-66. Pace: 94-68. Change on 2016: +25.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are back in the MLB post-season for the first time since 2011. Given events elsewhere, the result here was actually irrelevant: a loss would perhaps have made the bubbly taste slightly warmer, but no less effervescent. However, you could not have scripted it better, with the man who has carried the offense for much of the second half delivering. The victory here also ensured the game on October 4th will take place at Chase Field, in front of what is sure to be a passionate crowd.