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The Major League Baseball postseason began Friday and will feature 12 teams for the first time in league history, a product of the new collective bargaining agreement in which the owners and players agreed to an additional “wild card series.” In this series, the superior team will host a best-of-three series. Meanwhile, the top two seedlings in each league get a bye.
Once teams complete the Wild Card Series, the playoffs will resemble their traditional selves: a best-of-five division series and then a best-of-seven league championship series before the best-of-seven World series.
Below is the schedule and results for each round of the postseason.
2022 MLB Playoff Bracket
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Wild Card Series (Best-of-Three) Schedule
Friday October 7th | Game 1: Guardians vs Rays | CLE2, TB1 | ESPN |
Game 1: Cardinals vs. Phillies | 2:07 p.m. ET | ABC | |
Game 1: Blue Jays vs. Mariners | 4:07 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Game 1: Mets vs. Padres | 8:07 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Saturday October 8th | Game 2: Guardians vs Rays | 12:07 p.m. ET | ESPN2 |
Game 2: Blue Jays vs. Mariners | 4:07 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Game 2: Mets vs. Padres | 7:37 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Game 2: Cardinals vs. Phillies | 8:37 p.m. ET | ESPN2 | |
Sunday October 9th | Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Mariners (if necessary) | 2:07 p.m. ET | ABC |
Game 3: Guardians vs. Rays (if needed) | 4:07 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Game 3: Mets vs. Padres (if necessary) | 7:37 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (if necessary) | 8:37 p.m. ET | ESPN2 |
League Division Series
Tuesday October 11th | Game 1: Braves vs. TBD | Fox or FS1 |
Game 1: Dodgers vs. TBD | Fox or FS1 | |
Game 1: Yankees vs. TBD | TBS | |
Game 1: Astros vs. TBD | TBS | |
Wednesday 12 Oct | Game 2: Braves vs. TBD | Fox or FS1 |
Game 2: Dodgers vs. TBD | Fox or FS1 | |
Thursday October 13th | Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD | TBS |
Game 2: Astros vs. TBD | TBS | |
Friday October 14th | Game 3: Braves vs. TBD | FS1 |
Game 3: Dodgers vs. TBD | FS1 | |
Saturday October 15th | Game 4: Braves vs. TBD (if needed) | FS1 |
Game 4: Dodgers vs. TBD (if needed) | FS1 | |
Game 3: Yankees vs. TBD | TBS | |
Game 3: Astros vs. TBD | TBS | |
Sunday October 16th | Game 4: Yankees vs. TBD (if necessary) | TBS |
Game 4: Astros vs. TBD 4 (if necessary) | TBS | |
Game 5: Braves vs. TBD (if necessary) | FS1 | |
Game 5: Dodgers vs. TBD (if necessary) | FS1 | |
Monday 17 October | Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD (if necessary) | TBS |
Game 5: Astros vs. TBD (if necessary) | TBS |
League Championship Series
Tuesday October 18th | NLCS Game 1 | Fox or FS1 |
Wednesday 19 Oct | NLCS game 2 | Fox or FS1 |
ALCS, game 1 | TBS | |
Thursday 20 Oct | ALCS, game 2 | TBS |
Friday October 21st | NLCS game 3 | FS1 |
Saturday October 22nd | NLCS game 4 | Fox or FS1 |
ALCS, game 3 | TBS | |
Sunday 23 October | NLCS, Game 5 (if required) | FS1 |
NLCS game 4 | TBS | |
Monday, October 24th | NLCS, game 6 (if needed) | FS1 |
ALCS, Game 5 (if needed) | TBS | |
Tuesday October 25th | NLCS, Game 7 (if needed) | Fox and FS1 |
ALCS, Game 6 (if needed) | TBS | |
Wednesday October 26th | ALCS, Game 7 (if needed) | TBS |
world series
Friday October 28th | game 1 | Fox |
Saturday October 29th | game 2 | Fox |
Sunday October 30th | travel day | |
Monday 31 Oct | game 3 | Fox |
Tuesday, Nov 1 | game 4 | Fox |
Wednesday 2 Nov | Game 5 (if necessary) | Fox |
Thursday 3 Nov | travel day | |
Friday 4th Nov | Game 6 (if necessary) | Fox |
Saturday November 5th | Game 7 (if needed) | Fox |