2022–present: 12-team Wild Card round
In the 2022 collective bargaining negotiations, owners and players agreed to a 12-team postseason, with 6 teams per league: the three division winners and three wild card teams. Seedings for the six teams are as follows: Division winners (1, 2, 3) Wild-card teams (4, 5, 6)
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Is the ALCS best of 5 or 7?
The American League Championship Series (ALCS), also known as the American League Pennant, is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason.
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The 2024 MLB Playoffs have four rounds of play. Each round is a series between two teams playing a “best of” single elimination formatted bracket. If you are new to baseball (or just haven't paid attention in a while), the rounds are: Wild Card, Divisional, League Championship, and the World Series.
How do the MLB Wild Card playoffs work?
In the new Wild Card Series, the top two division winners in each league receive a bye to the Division Series, while the lowest-seeded division winner and three wild card teams will play in this round. A best-of-three series will take place, with the higher seed hosting all three games.
Aug 10, 2023 · The bracket-style postseason involves 12 teams (six from each league) -- an increase from 10 teams (five in each league) in the previous format ...
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Nov 15, 2023 · The higher-seeded team (No. 3 and No. 4) in each series will host all three games. The games will take place on three consecutive days.
Oct 3, 2023 · 12 teams in total make the MLB playoffs, six from each league. Two teams from each league (division winners with the best records) will receive ...