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The winners from the wild-card series now face the top-seeded teams in the National and American leagues for the right to play in the championship series as the road to the World Series ramps up. The No. 1- and 2-seeded teams had byes into the divisional round.
Get the MLB playoffs schedule for the Wild Card Round and Divisional Series for the American and National Leagues.
There will be stars aplenty in the Division Series of the Major League Baseball playoffs. The Wild Card round is behind us, with the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers all advancing to the next round. Each of those squads will take on a team that got some extra rest by earning a bye into the Division Series.
Following the most competitive Wild-Card Round to date, the Major League Baseball playoffs are down to the final eight teams, with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and ** having advanced, while the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners coming off of the bye.
The Cincinnati Reds made it to the postseason for the first time since 2020 and for just the second time since 2013. However, they were bounced from the National League Wild Card series by the Los Angeles Dodgers after just two games.
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Let the MLB playoffs begin! After a wild conclusion to the regular season, all eight wild-card teams are in action Tuesday as the best-of-three round begins -- with division rivalries dotting this year's matchups.
The pennant winner with the better regular season record receives home-field advantage in the World Series, regardless of how the teams were seeded for the postseason. If the two pennant winners finished with the same regular season record, then a tiebreaker determines home-field advantage for the Fall Classic, in this order listed below: