The Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and New York Yankees are already waiting in the Divisional Round
The regular season calendar of 162 Major Leagues matches ended and with it the 12 guests invited to the playoffs which will begin with the Wild Card Round (to win two games out of three) and these commitments, in both leagues, will be played between Friday 7 October and, if necessary, until Sunday 9 October.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, the team that finished with the best record of the entire Major League, and the Atlanta Braves will rest in the first place in the postseason in National Leaguewhile the Houston Astros are the best and will have a home court advantage at the Young Circuit, leaving the New York Yankees in second place in seeding.
In this way, in the National League the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals will define the rival of the current champions (Atlanta Braves), while the San Diego Padres will travel to the Big Apple for the three-game series against the New York Mets and the winner will receive a ticket as a prize. for the Division Series, where Dave Roberts’ Dodgers are already waiting for them.
The scenario in the american championship It looks like this: sixth-seeded Tampa Bay Rays will travel to Progressive Field to face the Cleveland Guardians, and ninth-seeded Rays will face the New York Yankees.
Dusty Baker’s Houston Astros are waiting for the winner of the series between Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays which will take place on Canadian soil.
The Divisional Serieswhere the Dodgers, Braves, Astros and Yankees are already installed, they will already win three out of five and subsequently the Championship Series and the World Series are defined with the best seven commitments.
The Fall Classic kicks off on Friday, October 28, with Game 7, if need be, taking place on November 5.
Round of joker cards
National League
San Diego Padres (5) to the New York Mets (4)
These novenas have had six fights during the season and Californians have held four of those duels, including two of the last three in The Big Apple.
It looks like one of the best series at this stage and there will be big launch duels with names like Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom for the locals, as well as Blake Snell and Yu Darvish for the visitors.
Philadelphia Phillies (6) and St. Louis Cardinals (3)
The Central Division monarchs of the National League start as favorites in this series, but face a ninth team that have won four of the seven times they have met.
They finished with four games at Busch Stadium, home of the Wild Card Round, in which they split the wins, but the Cardinals will try to extend the careers of Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright a little further.
american championship
Seattle Mariners (5) to Toronto Blue Jays (4)
The Canadians finished second in the AL East and with their record of over 90 wins secured at least the Wild Card Round at home against a Mariners returning to the postseason after many years of absence.
The Mariners have dominated the annual series with a record of five wins and two losses, but it stands out that they have won the last five in a row, including their four-game series at home last July.
Tampa Bay Rays (6) v Cleveland Guardians (3)
In particular in New York they will follow this series with great interest and not for the simple fact that their rival will be here, but because they have unfinished business with Florida and what better opportunity to cash them in than in the postseason.
For this, the Rays must come out before their series at Progressive Field, a place where they lost two of their three games at the end of September, so it’s a good example of what can be experienced in this confrontation.
