If the regular season ended today, both teams that played in the 2023 World Series would not be in MLB's 2024 postseason picture.
Could Arizona and Texas be among the teams who surge into the playoffs with a strong second half, though?
MLB's current postseason field consists of 12 teams, but since it was expanded from eight to 10 in October 2012, there have been 11 completed seasons, including an All-Star Break.
In one of those 11 seasons (2016), nothing changed. Each of the 10 teams who made that year's postseason was at least tied for a playoff spot during the All-Star Break.