Regular season doesn't matter anymore.
Besides so many things change throughout the season.
Yankees don't have as many flaws as they did through much of the season.
The better team won all four series IMO.
Phillies versus Dodgers could be very interesting. I think the winner of that series represents the National League.
Because everyone in the bullpen except for one guy will have at least two days rest?
So yeah they will be rested except for the closer who will still get a day off.
I don't see the Tigers being much of a match for Seattle in any real way. They almost certainly have to win both Skubal games, and then steal another one.
Pitching a guy 3 days in a row after he had thrown 20 pitches the previous two games.
I know it's playoff baseball but to ask guys to do things they almost never do after a 162 game grind. They're not superheroes.