The 2022 MLB playoffs are lastly upon us.
The playoff format is completely different this yr, so right here is a proof of how the whole lot works now that all the playoff matchups are set.
When do the 2022 MLB playoffs begin?
The 2022 MLB playoffs begin on Friday, Oct. 7 with the brand new best-of-three Wild Card spherical.
What’s the new MLB playoff format and the way is it completely different?
There are six groups in every league. The highest two seeds in every league get byes to the Division Sequence. Within the Wild Card spherical, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth seed. Sequence are better of three, and the upper seed is house for every recreation.
The playoffs don’t re-seed; this implies if, for instance, the sixth seed upsets the third seed, the highest seed would nonetheless play the winner of the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup.
All the Wild Card spherical video games will probably be broadcasted on the Disney household of networks on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC.
What are the implications of the brand new 2022 MLB playoff format?
Jon “Boog” Sciambi, thought-about by many as the most effective lively baseball play-by-play broadcaster in America, spoke to The Publish about his ideas on the brand new format.
“Initially, I didn’t like it — I feel I preferred the thought of baseball and the specialness of constructing the playoffs, and it being much less just like the NBA and NHL,” he stated.
Nevertheless, Sciambi got here round for just a few causes.
“I do assume, the extra I contemplated it, and I might be flawed about this — I do assume there’s going to be a payoff that in the end I’ll like, and it’s going to maneuver it again to being a bit extra truthful,” he continued. “I feel the longer you make the playoffs, the likelier it’s that the higher groups win. A group can’t go on that ‘miracle run’ as a result of they only want an excessive amount of pitching and they should maintain the standard play over a number of sequence. I feel it’ll be tougher for groups to drag off that shock run.”
Sciambi additionally disputed the thought, that after a 162-game season, high groups would possibly get rusty or in any other case be harmed by having just a few days of relaxation.
“You used to fret about an excessive amount of relaxation. I don’t assume anyone, right now of yr [thinks that now] — I feel they welcome a bit of little bit of relaxation,” he stated.
2022 MLB playoff bracket and schedule
Wild Card spherical
Nationwide League
No. 4 Mets vs. No. 5 Padres
Recreation 1: Oct. 7, 8:07 p.m., ESPN
Recreation 2: Oct. 8, 7:37 p.m., ESPN
Recreation 3: Oct. 9, 7:37 p.m., ESPN (if essential)
No. 3 Cardinals vs. No. 6 Phillies
Recreation 1: Oct. 7, 2:07 p.m., ABC
Recreation 2: Oct. 8, 8:37 p.m., ESPN2
Recreation 3: Oct. 9, 8:37 p.m., ESPN2 (if essential)
American League
No. 4 Blue Jays vs. No. 5 Mariners
Recreation 1: Oct. 7, 4:07 p.m., ESPN
Recreation 2: Oct. 8, 4:07 p.m., ESPN
Recreation 3: Oct. 9, 2:07 p.m., ABC (if essential)
No. 3 Guardians vs. No. 6 Rays
Recreation 1: Oct. 7, 12:07 p.m., ESPN
Recreation 2: Oct. 8, 12:07 p.m., ESPN2
Recreation 3: Oct. 9, 4:07 p.m., ESPN (if essential)
NLDS
Dodgers vs. 4/5 winner
Recreation 1: Oct. 11 at Los Angeles
Recreation 2: Oct. 12 at Los Angeles
Recreation 3: Oct. 14 at decrease seed
Recreation 4: Oct. 15 at decrease seed (if essential)
Recreation 5: Oct. 16 at Los Angeles (if essential)
Braves vs. 3/6 winner
Recreation 1: Oct. 11 at Atlanta
Recreation 2: Oct. 12 at Atlanta
Recreation 3: Oct. 14 at decrease seed
Recreation 4: Oct. 15 at decrease seed (if essential)
Recreation 5: Oct. 16 at Atlanta (if essential)
ALDS
Yankees vs. 3/6 winner
Recreation 1: Oct. 11 at Yankee Stadium
Recreation 2: Oct. 13 at Yankee Stadium
Recreation 3: Oct. 15 at decrease seed
Recreation 4: Oct. 16 at decrease seed (if essential)
Recreation 5: Oct. 17 at Yankee Stadium (if essential)
Astros vs. 4/5 winner
Recreation 1: Oct. 11 at Houston
Recreation 2: Oct. 13 at Houston
Recreation 3: Oct. 15 at decrease seed
Recreation 4: Oct. 16 at decrease seed (if essential)
Recreation 5: Oct. 17 at Houston (if essential)
NLCS
Recreation 1: Oct. 18
Recreation 2: Oct. 19
Recreation 3: Oct. 21
Recreation 4: Oct. 22
Recreation 5: Oct. 23 (if essential)
Recreation 6: Oct. 24 (if essential)
Recreation 7: Oct. 25 (if essential)
ALCS
Recreation 1: Oct. 19
Recreation 2: Oct. 20
Recreation 3: Oct. 22
Recreation 4: Oct. 23
Recreation 5: Oct. 24 (if essential)
Recreation 6: Oct. 25 (if essential)
Recreation 7: Oct. 26 (if essential)
World Sequence
Recreation 1: Oct. 28
Recreation 2: Oct. 29
Recreation 3: Oct. 31
Recreation 4: Nov. 1
Recreation 5: Nov. 2 (if essential)
Recreation 6: Nov. 4 (if essential)
Recreation 7: Nov. 5 (if essential)
Who’s favored to win the 2022 World Sequence?
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to win the 2022 World Sequence as of Wednesday afternoon. Right here is the complete checklist of World Sequence odds for the 12 groups within the MLB playoffs, courtesy of BetMGM.
Dodgers +300
Astros +400
Yankees +500
Braves +500
Mets +700
Blue Jays 15/1
Cardinals 18/1
Mariners 25/1
Guardians 28/1
Rays 28/1
Padres 28/1
Phillies 35/1
