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6 things to know
about the MLB
postseason

Teams to Know
In the Mlb there are 30 teams, 15 in
each league American and Natinal.
But only ten teams make to the
postseason. Every postseason
there are 6 guaranteed teams that
you will see, this year the Giants,
Braves and Brewers for the
National league. For the American
league the teams were the Astros,
White Sox, and Rays. Then there
are 2 wild card spots for each
league American, and National
league. These 2 spots are given to
the runner up teams in each
league, this year the wild card
spots were the Stl. Cardinals and
the Los Angels . Dodgers, and for
the American league it was the
New York Yankees and the Red Sox.
So all together there are a total of
ten teams in each postseason with
an exception of the 2020
postseason.

Players to Know
Top ten players of the year, Gold
glove award, and Mvp are some
lists you will see as the postseason,
and the end of the season gets
closer. Names such has Shoehei
Ohtan, Fernado Tatis Jr, and
Ronald Acuna Jr, are some pretty
big names that will be all over
these lists. . Even some young
starts like Jonathen India, Dylan
Carlson, and Randy Arozarena are
all some young stars that are most
likely candidates fore rookie of the
year. Some of the best resources to
learn more about the postseason
and baseball in general are apps
like ESPN, MLB, Bleacher Report
and many others. These resources
have things all over to find out
more about the postseason and
what to look for, from articles to
postgame talk shows postseason
teams, matchups of the
postseason, players and so much
more.

Schedule
Sometimes the Mlb postseason
can get a little confusing about
who, when and where? Here's some
basic things to know. There can
ben a maximum of 43 games
played from the wild card to the
world series, and there can be a
minimum of 26 games. First is the
NLDS and ALDS which stands for
National or American league
Division series. These games are
between a team from each division
which are central, west, east and
the wild card spots. There are 4
teams from each league, 2 teams
play each other then whoever wins
moves onto the NLCS or ALCS. The
NLCS and the ALCS which stands
for National or American league
championship series. Then the
winner from that game goes to the
World Series. The World Series is
the best teams from each league,
there can be a minuim of 4 games
and a maxim of 7. The team with the
best record will have the most
home games, so the best team will
have 4 home games and the other
team will only have 3.

Tie Breakers
In baseball there can never be a tie
and that applies to most sports,
but in baseball especially. If by the
ninth inning the teams are tied
then the game would go into extra
innings. The same applies in the
postseason, if two teams are tied
for the wild card. There would be a
game played by those two teams
the day before the wild card game.
Whoever wins that game then
moves on to the wild card. The tie
breaker would be played at the
home field of whichever team has a
better record. Home field
advantage can help a team in
many ways, 1 being they would be
at there home stadium with there
home fans. 2 being they bat 2nd
which can help if there are down by
the time the 9th innings roles
around.. The team can they co
up and score and tie and go
into extra innings of win the
game.
To learn more
about tie breakers
in the wild card go
to ESPN MLB
playoffs.

Up next
The Mlb postseason format has
had some slight changes over the
years but nothing major, but now
the Mlb is looking at a major
change for the playoffs. The 2019
playoffs bracket was the last
normal postseason bracket. The
2020 bracket was very different due
to covid because the 2019 bracket
had only ten teams. The 2021
bracket was still only ten teams but
many people are asking the
question will it be the last ten game
playoffs? The Mlb is now looking
into and possibly starting in the
2022 postseason a 14 or 16 game
playoffs. Why though, why go from
10 to 16? The reason is Money.
Simply that during the 2020
postseason there were 16 teams in
the playoff bracket. This then leads
to the league making more money.
Some pros of the 16 game
postseason include more teams
which is one of biggest reasons,
and one thing leads to another.
More teams, more games, more
games equals more fans which
equals more money. Some cons of
the 16 game postseason is near
half of the teams would qualify for
the postseason, which then makes
it much, much longer.

The Finale
Now after going through possibly
the wild card the NLDS or the
ALDS, then going through the
NLCS or the ALCS and winning.
You are finally there for the final
series of the season. The World
Series. In the World Series like any
other series in the postseason
there can be up to seven game no
tie breakers because it is an odd
number, and there can be as low as
4 games. In the World Series it is
the very best team from the NL or
the National League and the very
best team from the Al or the
American league. The World Series
games are played 2 at one team's
home field and then 3 at the other
team's home field. The last game is
played at whichever team has the
best record.
World Series Facts-
The New York Yankess
have have won the most
World Series winning 27
There has been 116
World Series played
The American league
has won the most World
Series