CLEVELAND — As the American League Central Division champion Guardians partied in their clubhouse on Sept. 28, catcher Austin Hedges uttered the w-word while sizing up how far the team can go in the MLB playoffs .

“World Series — that's always been the goal,” Hedges said. “I mean, we just won this division. Everyone counted us out. I'm sure a lot of people aren't counting us in, in the playoffs, but we'll go shock them there, too.”

The Guardians exited the regular season with a 9-8 victory over the Texas Rangers when second baseman Brayan Rocchio hit a walk-off three-run home run to right field in the 10th inning. They will enter the postseason as the No. 3 seed in the AL and host the No. 6 Detroit Tigers in a best-of-three wild-card series beginning Sept. 30.

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