The new-look MLB playoffs are here.
Gone is the old single-game wild-card round between the 4-seed and 5-seed. Instead, this year, for the first time, MLB features four three-game wild-card series after expanding each playoff field to six teams and three wild cards. The top two seeds in each league receive a bye to the ALDS and NLDS, respectively.
This year’s field features the reigning champion Braves, the regular heavyweights, both New York squads, six teams from the East divisions and the Mariners for the first time since 2001, ending the longest drought in North American sports.