What is MLB’s playoff model for 2021? MLB is going back to the new Wild Card format, in which two teams from each league will play in a Wild Card Game, with the winner moving on to the Division ...

In the NL, the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to play in a wild-card game despite racking up 106 wins during the regular season. They'll face off with the league's hottest team in the ...

The old postseason system, with its single-elimination Wild Card game, had served its purpose since 2012, but it was clear that more excitement - and more teams - needed to be part of October ...

At this rate, either the Sox or Yanks will limp into the playoff game, and if it goes right down the wire, they’ll do so without having their best pitchers rested for the A.L. Wild Card Game on ...

MLB playoff schedule First, for a quick refresher, here's the MLB playoff format: The two AL Wild Card teams and two NL Wild Card teams play against each other in one game to decide who moves on ...

MLB playoff schedule First, for a quick refresher, here's the MLB playoff format: The two AL Wild Card teams and two NL Wild Card teams play against each other in one game to decide who moves on ...

If, for example, the Yankees and Red Sox tied for the second AL Wild-Card spot, they’d have to play each other Monday, Oct. 4, for the right to advance to the AL Wild Card Game on Tuesday, Oct. 5.

The Yankees (91-68) begin the regular season’s final weekend as the American League’s top wild card, up two games on the Red Sox and Mariners, both 89-70, and three games on the Blue Jays (88-71).