This year, the Major League Baseball playoffs began with four best-of-three Wild Card Series. The three wild-card teams plus the lowest-seeded division winner in each league faced off to determine who would go on to the Division Series to face the league’s Nos. 1 and 2 seeds.
MLB previously had two wild-card teams in each league face off in a single-elimination game, though it did feature a wild-card series in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign.
There are some new faces in the expanded playoffs of 2022. The Mets, Guardians, Mariners, Blue Jays, Padres and Phillies all missed the playoffs in 2021 but secured spots in this year’s postseason. Both teams from the 2021 World Series — the champion Braves and runner-up Astros — are back to try again in 2022.
Here’s all you need to know to watch the 2022 MLB playoffs:
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MLB playoff bracket 2022
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National League
Dodgers (1) vs. Padres (5) Braves (2) vs. Phillies (6)
American League
Astros (1) vs. Mariners (5) Yankees (2) vs. Guardians (3)
How to watch MLB playoff games
TV channel: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, TBS, Fox, FS1 TV channel (Canada): Sportsnet Stream: ESPN app, TBS app, Fox Sports app, fuboTV (free trial)
MLB playoff games will be shown on a variety of networks during the postseason. The ESPN networks — ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC — will carry each of the Wild Card Series games. TBS will carry the remainder of the American League games, while Fox and FS1 will have each of the remaining National League games. Fox will air all World Series games.
There are several streaming options, including the ESPN, TBS and Fox apps. ESPN and Fox channels are available to stream on fuboTV, which offers a free trial.
In Canada, all games will be available on Sportsnet.
MLB playoff schedule, results
(All times Eastern)
National League
Wild Card Series
Division Series
Championship Series
American League
Wild Card Series
Division Series
Championship Series
World Series schedule
Every World Series game will be on Fox.
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