What is at stake on this final day of the regular season?

Here, the stories to follow on the final day of an epic regular season.

The Dodgers are looking to add one more win to what has been the best regular season in their history. The club became the first team to win at least 106 games in three full seasons in a row — reaching 111 wins would rank fourth in modern LA/LN history

Yankees aiming at 100

With one game remaining, the Yankees sit at 99 wins. With a victory against the Rangers, the Bombers would become the fifth team to win at least 100 games this season – and it would be the 22nd time in club history that they have reached a hundred wins.

It looks like the Mets utility man will win the National League batting title, but anything could happen. McNeil starts the day with a .326 average, while Freeman is at .322.

A first time for Freeman

Sticking with Freeman, the first baseman, who has a career batting average of .298, has never given up 200 hits in a season. In fact, no one has done it since 2019 and the 196 he has in the year represents a personal limit. He needs four to reach the number, but it should not be ruled out, considering that his 56 games with more than one hit in the year equals him for the Major League lead.

The gap between the Venezuelan and Aaron Judge has widened in recent weeks, putting Arráez in good position to take the batting title and deny Judge the Triple Crown. But there is nothing defined. Judge would need to land at least three hits, whereas if Arráez landed more than one, the battle would be over.

The last goodbye (in regular season) for Albert Pujols

It has been an unforgettable 2022 for the Dominican. He has 24 homers on the year, the most by him since 2016. He surpassed Alex Rodriguez for fourth place all-time and surpassed the mark of 700 home runs. He comes in with 703 going into the final regular-season game and it would be great to see him say goodbye to him with yet another blast.

An unusual 40 HR campaign

Hitting 40 homers in a season isn’t unusual for Mike Trout, but it would be an impressive accomplishment considering what he’s been through all year. He suffered a back injury that kept him sidelined for just over a month and at one point seemed to put the second half of him at risk. He has only played in 118 games and will be looking for his 40th home run in 119; it would be the third fewest games played by a player with at least 40 homers in a season in AL/LN history. Only Ken Griffey Jr., who hit 40 in 112 games, and Matt Williams, 43 in 112, did it in fewer games, both in the shortened 1994 season.