Let\’s Get Wild

October 7, 2022

By: Carlos Alvarez

2022 MLB Playoffs Set to Begin With Wild Card Weekend

After 162 games, the MLB Playoffs are about to begin. We’ve watched the Yankees and Mets rise to the top only to drop off in the second half. Hopes of an all-New York World Series are still alive and well, but the Dodgers and Astros will have something to say. Either Los Angeles or Houston has appeared in each of the last five World Series, including 2017 when they met each other. And don’t forget last year’s champs. The Braves caught fire at the right time, but no team has won back-to-back World Series titles since the Yankees three-peat from 1998-2000.

 

Those top teams will wait to start their playoff runs until next week. For the next three days, it’s Wild Card Weekend to trim the field from 12 to eight. It’s best-of-3, and it starts now.

 

Wild Card Weekend Schedule

 

Friday

ALWC Gm 1: Rays at Guardians (12:07 pm)

NLWC Gm 1: Phillies at Cardinals (2:07 pm)

ALWC Gm 1: Mariners at Blue Jays (4:07 pm)

NLWC Gm 1: Padres at Mets (8:07 pm)

 

Saturday

ALWC Gm 2: Rays at Guardians (12:07 pm)

ALWC Gm 2: Mariners at Blue Jays (4:07 pm)

NLWC Gm 2: Padres at Mets (7:37 pm)

NLWC Gm 2: Phillies at Cardinals (8:37 pm)

 

Sunday

ALWC Gm 3: Mariners at Blue Jays (2:07 pm)

ALWC Gm 3: Rays at Guardians (4:07 pm)

NLWC Gm 3: Padres at Mets (7:37 pm)

NLWC Gm 3: Phillies at Cardinals (8:37 pm)

 

Additional Storylines

FanSided: MLB Playoff Wild Card Series Odds for Every Team

B/R: Final MLB Power Rankings of the 2022 Regular Season

 

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