Playoff baseball is on the horizon. Here’s what to know about the 2023 MLB postseason.
How many teams make the MLB playoffs? A total of 12 teams -- six from the AL and six from the NL -- make the postseason. There are three division champions and three wild-card teams from each league.Once the playoff field is set, the six teams in each league are seeded as follows:Second-best record among division winnersBest record among wild card teamsThird-best record among wild card teams The MLB postseason begins with the wild-card series where the No.
1 and 2 seeds receive a bye to the divisional series and the remaining teams compete in best-of-three showdowns. The wild-card series matchups are No. 3 versus No. 6 and No. 4 versus No. 5, with the higher seeds having home-field advantage for all three games. There is no reseeding after the wild-card series, meaning the No. 1 seed will face the winner of the 4-5 matchup and the No. 2 seed will meet the winner of the 3-6 matchup in the divisional series. The divisional series features a 2-2-1 best-of-five format, while the league championship series and World Series have a best of 2-3-2 best-of-seven format.Wild-card series:
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