How Many Games Will Wild Card Series Include In MLB Playoffs 2023?
The regular season, which is expected to end on October 1 but might go into October 2 to accommodate a Miami Marlins vs. New York Mets game, is about to enter the MLB postseason in 2023.
Six clubs from each conference will compete in this postseason’s 12 teams. The top two teams in each league—those with the regular-season records—will earn byes into the first round, while the other four teams from each league will play in the Wild Card round. The winners of this round will go to the Division Series, which will be a best-of-three format.
Four Wild Card Series games are scheduled to kick off the 2023 MLB Playoffs on October 3. If it goes to a full seven-game series, the World Series will start on October 27 and may go until November 4.
What is the MLB Wild Card process in 2023?
A single-game sudden-death format has been in effect since 2012, except for the 2020 season, which was impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic. The best-of-three wild card format was established in 2022 and took its place.
The American League and National League will each have six clubs that will be eligible for the postseason. In each league, this also applies to the top three divisional finishers.
Each league’s last three clubs will be the wild-card teams, chosen based on which team had the best records among those that finished second in their division.
The top two league champions in each division with the greatest regular-season records will receive a bye and not play in the wild-card round, allowing them to rest up.
The Wild Card Series will consist of how many games this season?
In the wild-card round, there will be four series, with the No. 6 seed taking on the No. 3 seed in both the AL and NL and the No. 5 seed taking on the No. 4 seed.
The fact that the higher-seeded clubs will host all three games of this wild-card series gives them a crucial edge that might favorably affect the outcome.
