Cy Young Award hopeful Chris Sale was not listed on the Atlanta Braves' roster ahead of Tuesday night's Wild Card Series-opening game against the San

Michael King will get the ball for the Padres against the Braves, who may be coming into Game 1 a bit jet-lagged.

Before each round, we like to identify one plausible X-factor from each series that could swing the outcome. What is an "X-factor"? Why, dear reader, it's a conveniently vague term that allows us to write about darn near any angle that we want to without having to provide additional justification.