Camden Chat · Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday American League Wild Card open thread
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty ImagesEven though the Orioles season has come to an end, Major League Baseball’s odd 2020 campaign marches on. The expanded playoffs begin today with a quadruple header of American League Wild Card matchups.
We should pause here to lay out how this year’s postseason is going to flow, because it’s gonna be a little different.
The 2020 playoffs will include 16 teams (eight from each league). Each of those teams will compete in a best-of-three Wild Card round. The winners will progress to a best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven Championship Series, and finally a best-of-seven World Series.