The MLB calendar has reached its most interesting point, the playoffs in its 2022 edition with many teams in top form.
We are now entering the Wild Card Series to go right into the last games.
With the action from Tuesday, Oct. 4 between playoff teams concluded, we know now for certain that the games on the final day of the regular season are all meaningless in terms of the playoff field.
Each of the 12 teams was already clinched heading into Tuesday, then the Braves clinched the NL East and results for the last two wild-card teams on both sides of the bracket settled the matchups.
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The Wild Card Series will be three games all in the same ballpark with no travel.
There won’t be re-seeding, either, and it is a locked bracket.
The individual game times haven’t been assigned yet, but we know all four Wild Card Series will be played Friday, and Saturday and, if necessary, the clinching Game 3 would be played Sunday.
MLB Playoffs 2022 Preview – Info
American League
- Byes: No. 1 Houston Astros and No. 2 New York Yankees
- Wild Card Series: No. 5 Seattle Mariners at No. 4 Toronto Blue Jays
- Wild Card Series: No. 6 Tampa Bay Rays at No. 3 Cleveland Guardians
The winner of the Rays-Guardians series faces the Yankees in the ALDS while the winner of the Mariners-Blue Jays heads to Houston.
National League
- Byes: No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers and No. 2 Atlanta Braves
- Wild Card Series: No. 5. San Diego Padres at No. 4 New York Mets
- Wild Card Series: No. 6. Philadelphia Phillies at No. 3 St. Louis Cardinals
The winner of the Padres-Mets gets the Dodgers in the NLDS while the winner of the Phillies-Cardinals series gets the defending champions Braves.
Game 1 of all four divisional series will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Our picks for the teams that will make it to the World Series are already set:
We believe that the Dodgers will dominate the National League playoffs and the Houston Astros are going to manage their way to the top.
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