Overview

• Wild Card series (best of three) start Sept. 30 and run through Oct. 2, with Division Series opening Oct. 4.
• AL Wild Cards: Tigers vs. Guardians at Progressive Field and Red Sox vs. Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
• NL Wild Cards: Padres vs. Cubs at Wrigley Field and Reds vs. Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
• Division winners with byes are Blue Jays, Mariners, Brewers and Phillies, with DS matchups set to face the Wild Card winners as bracketed.
• The World Series is scheduled to begin Oct. 24 and could run through Nov. 1, as the Dodgers enter as reigning champions and widely cited favorites, Cleveland claims the AL Central after the largest in-season comeback since 1969 per Elias, and the Mets miss out via tiebreaker to the Reds.