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ATLANTA --  Atlanta Braves  rookie  Ronald Acuna Jr . has become the youngest player to hit a grand slam in the postseason. The 20-year-old Acuna made history with his second-inning homer off  Walker Buehler  in the NL Division Series on Sunday night. The previous youngest hitter with a postseason grand slam was Yankees Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, who was 21 when he accomplished the feat against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1953 World Series. Buehler issued a bases-loaded walk to Braves pitcher  Sean Newcomb  to force in a run. Acuna took three balls and a questionable called strike before pulling a 98-mph fastball from Buehler into the seats in left-center. The homer gave the Braves, who trail 2-0 in the series, a 5-0 lead. The five second-inning runs were the first of the series for Atlanta. Associated Press

After two exciting Wild Card games, there are now only eight teams left in the postseason. The Rockies beat the  Cubs  in a marathon NL Wild Card Game and are now set to face Milwaukee in the Division Series, and the Yankees will face the Red Sox in the ALDS starting Friday. That eliminates the Cubs and the Athletics from our rankings who were last and second in the previous list, respectively. So the Cubs were easy enough to drop off the list without too much fun, but do the Rockies move up or down now that they’re going against the Brewers? How does the Yankees and the Red Sox facing off affect both of their rankings? As I said last time, this is more based on the levels of fun and rootability of each team and interesting things that they’ve done in the playoffs so far will move them up or down accordingly. My reasoning isn’t intensely scientific here, people. Every round, I’ll update these rankings based on the events of the previous round. Again, yelling about the...