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Nov 5, 2026, 07:00 AM ET

Whether you love dramatic finishes, thrilling moments or incredible individual performances, the 2026 MLB playoffs provided a little bit of everything.

A week after the Milwaukee Brewers lifted their first World Series championship trophy , we asked our MLB experts to pick the best single moments, games and series from the entire postseason -- along with their lasting October impressions.

From wild-card thrillers to World Series heroics, here is the best of the best from every round of the 2026 postseason.

What was the defining moment of the entire MLB playoffs?

Bradford Doolittle: As it turned out, I was at all the Brewers' playoff games except the two in San Diego. So I was there when Ty France launched a ball off the American Family Field ceiling, or some wires or whatever, and Jackson Chourio stuck with the play and caught it and the Brewers won.…