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MLB playoff extra inning rules, explained: How postseason format compares to the regular season

In the MLB playoffs, until the World Series, home field is based on seeding. The higher seed in the AL or NL bracket hosts the entire Wild Card series, or the beginning and the end of a division ...

How does MLB wild card work? Format, history, stats

The MLB wild-card process always spices up the postseason. Learn more about the format, history and other interesting ...

What are extra innings rules for MLB playoffs? How it works

MLB's extra innings format is different in the playoffs from the regular season. Here's how bonus baseball works in the postseason.

MLB playoff format: How does baseball postseason bracket work?

The MLB season is nearly complete, with the playoffs looming. Here's a look at the postseason format and how the bracket ...

Red Sox ‘in driver’s seat’ vs. Yankees — and have amazing MLB playoff trend on their side

If recent history holds, the Red Sox find themselves in a prime spot entering Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Wild Card Series in the ...

What to know about 2025 MLB playoffs: Format, tiebreakers, rules, seeds, pitch clock, automatic runners, more

Major League Baseball's postseason will get underway on Tuesday with Game 1 of all four Wild Card Series. This, then, is the ...

MLB playoff format: Bracket, Wild Card Series, best-of structure

MLB unveiled a new postseason format in 2022 to make the playoffs more interesting for teams hoping to make a deep run.