The newly design postseason for 2022 featured a brand-new round of games, where instead of two teams in each league playing a single game for the final spot in the Division Series, four teams in each league took part in a Wild Card Series to earn the final two spots in the DS. The two divisions in each league with the best records got a bye in that first round, going straight to the DS.
So far, at least two of those teams with byes have been eliminated in the Division Series, and if the Yankees lose tonight it will be three out of four.