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

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.

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