Overview
- The Division Series will begin Saturday, October 3, and use a best-of-five format with a 2-2-1 home schedule so the top regular-season seeds host Games 1, 2 and 5.
- Matchups are confirmed: Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves.
- Three Wild Card series ended in sweeps by the White Sox, Yankees and Padres while the Braves needed a decisive Game 3, beating the Phillies 6-2 to advance.
- Milwaukee finished the regular season with 103 wins and Los Angeles with 100 wins as the defending champions, and published notes highlight Shohei Ohtani’s return for the Dodgers and Fernando Tatís Jr.’s role for the Padres.
- MLB released game dates and local start times for each series and the winners will move on to the League Championship Series en route to the World Series, which is scheduled to begin later in October.