| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 1 – November 2, 2024 |
| Teams | 12 |
The 2024 Major League Baseball postseason will be the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 2024 season. The winners of the Wild Card Series would face the two best division winners (seeds) in each league in the Division Series, and the victors will advance to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners who will play each other in the 2024 World Series. The postseason will begin on October 1.
In the American League, the New York Yankees became the first MLB team in the league this season to clinch a postseason berth on September 18; they returned to the postseason for the seventh time in the past 8 seasons on September 18, after missing the postseason last year. On September 19, the Cleveland Guardians returned to the postseason for the seventh time in the past 12 seasons.
In the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers became the first MLB team of 2024 as well as the first team in the league this season to clinch a postseason berth on September 18. The Los Angeles Dodgers returned to the postseason for the 12th time in a row on September 19, which remains the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports. The Philadelphia Phillies returned to the postseason for the third time in a row on September 20.
The defending World Series champions, Texas Rangers, were eliminated from postseason contention on September 20.
Teams
As of September 24, 2024, there are five teams that have qualified for the playoffs. The 3 teams that are division winners in each league and the top 3 non-division winners (wild cards) will qualify for the playoffs. The top 2 division winners receive byes to the ALDS or NLDS while the other teams have to play in the wildcard round.
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:
American League
- New York Yankees – clinched playoff berth (September 18)
- Cleveland Guardians – clinched playoff berth (September 19); clinched AL Central champions (September 21)
National League
- Milwaukee Brewers – clinched playoff berth; clinched NL Central champions (September 18)
- Los Angeles Dodgers – clinched playoff berth (September 19)
- Philadelphia Phillies – clinched playoff berth (September 20); clinched NL East champions (September 23)
Broadcasting
Television coverage
Coverage of the four Wild Card Series will be produced by ESPN, and all games will be distributed across ESPN and ABC.
Fox Sports will have coverage of the National League Division Series and National League Championship Series.
Both the American League Division Series and American League Championship Series will be on TBS and TruTV.
The World Series will air on the Fox broadcast network for the 25th consecutive year.
Spanish language broadcasts will be available on ESPN Deportes for ESPN games, Fox Deportes for Fox Sports games, and Univision, UniMás or TUDN for TBS games. Unvision and TUDN will also air Game 1 of the World Series, the first time a World Series game has aired on broadcast television in Spanish.
Streaming
TBS's games will be available on the streaming service Max's Bleacher Report Sports Add-on tier. ESPN, TBS and Fox's games will be streamed on their respective apps.
Radio
ESPN Radio will air the entire Major League Baseball postseason.
Notes
- November 2 would be the date of a World Series Game 7 if one of the League Championship Series goes at least six games; the soonest the postseason could end would be on October 26, the date of a World Series Game 4 if both League Championship Series end in five games.
References
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- Dixon, Schuyler (September 21, 2024). "World Series champion Rangers eliminated from postseason contention during final homestand". AP News. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- Hoch, Bryan (September 18, 2024). "Postseason spot secured, Yanks want more: 'The job's not finished'". MLB.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- Bell, Mandy (September 19, 2024). "Guards walk off into October! Cleveland clinches postseason berth". MLB.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- Bell, Mandy (September 21, 2024). "Guardians clinch 2nd AL Central title in past 3 years". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- McCalvy, Adam (September 18, 2024). "Brewers defy odds to win NL Central, then walk off Phillies". MLB.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- Anderson, R.J.; Axisa, Mike (September 19, 2024). "Dodgers, Guardians clinch playoff berths: Both teams vying for best record in respective leagues". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- Zolecki, Todd (September 23, 2024). "Phillies return home to clinch first NL East crown since 2011". MLB.com. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
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