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After six months and 162 games -- including one bonus doubleheader on Monday, with two playoff spots still at stake -- Major League Baseball will enter its postseason on Tuesday with no clear favorite to win the World Series.
For a sport forever endeavoring to find on-field parity amid financial disparity, the 2024 MLB season offered a near-perfect example of what baseball can do: field a postseason with markets big (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and possibly the New York Mets) and small (Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers), with payrolls high (Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros) and low (Cleveland Guardians, Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers).