Should the interdivision record also be a tie, the next tiebreaker will be determined by the involved clubs’ last-half records against teams within their league (AL for AL teams, NL for NL teams). Note that these are the records from the last half of games mathematically, not just the ...
Tiebreaker games (otherwise known as Game 163) have been eliminated. All ties will be resolved mathematically, with head-to-head record being the first tiebreaker. Here is afull explanation of the tiebreaker system. Which pennant winner gets home-field advantage in the World Series? Home-field...
The New York Yankees have the most playoff appearances in MLB history, appearing in the MLB playoffs 58 times. MLB postseason tiebreakers MLB eliminated ‘Game 163’, which it used as a tiebreaker for teams to determine postseason eligibility. With its elimination, MLB is moving towards a tie...
Finally, for the World Series, home-field advantage is awarded to the team with the best overall regular-season record in MLB, regardless of its postseason seeding within its respective league. In cases where two teams share identical regular-season records, tiebreaker rules are applied to determ...
inclined to chase upside -- and show patience in a longer full-reset-style rebuild -- so Leiter's shorter timetable doesn't perfectly fit that plan, but neither does Ke'Bryan Hayes already being good for the Pirates in the big leagues, so that's more o...
The 2024 postseason will be here before we know it. And as of Thursday, we do know when it will be here. Now it's time for this marathon of a season to turn into a two-month sprint to the playoffs. Every contender pulled off at least one deal prior to
The Braves, Dodgers, Orioles and Rays all stormed into the2023 postseasonafter winning at least 99 regular season games. Not every playoff team boasted such an impressive record, though. The Marlins captured the No. 5 NL seed at 84-78 (.519) and held the tiebreaker against the D-backs,...
90-72 (Won tiebreaker with Rangers) Speaking of streaks, the last full season in which the Astros didn’t win the AL West was 2016, which was Alex Bregman's rookie season. It has been a while. There have been signs that the Astros’ grip on the division – and, really, the whole...
Also note that the above tiebreaker rules also apply to situations in which two teams tie for two spots and three teams tie for three spots and the exact seeding for those teams must be resolved. TIES BETWEEN FOUR TEAMS If four teams are all tied for one spot, the winner would be deter...
Tiebreaker games (otherwise known as Game 163) have been eliminated. All ties will be resolved mathematically, with head-to-head record being the first tiebreaker. Here is afull explanation of the tiebreaker system. Which pennant winner gets home-field advantage in the World Series?