The 2022 Major League Baseball postseason is the current postseason tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2022 season. This will be the first edition of the postseason since 2012 to have a new format, as it has been expanded to include six teams per league
Mark your calendars. The race to crown the next World Series champion is underway.
The MLB Postseason opened with the Wild Card Series presented by Hankook Tire on ESPN, ABC, ESPN2 and the ESPN App. (ESPN Radio will also provide live national coverage of all 2022 MLB postseason games.) The 2022 World Series presented by Capital One is scheduled to open three weeks later, on Friday, Oct. 28, airing on FOX, which is hosting coverage of the Fall Classic for the 25th time.
All series are available in the United States on MLB.TV with authentication to a participating Pay TV provider. Games are not available live internationally (archives are available approximately 90 minutes after the game ends).
• New MLB Postseason format, explained
This year’s postseason will feature a new format, expanding the pool of teams from 10 to 12 and replacing the two single-elimination Wild Card Games with four best-of-three Wild Card Series, to be followed by the best-of-five Division Series.
The openers of all four AL and NL Division Series are scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11, with potential Game 5s slated for Oct. 16 (NLDS) and Oct. 17 (ALDS). FOX or FS1 will handle coverage for the NLDS, while TBS will cover the ALDS.
The National League Championship Series presented by loanDepot is set to begin Tuesday, Oct. 18, and will be televised by FOX or FS1. The American League Championship Series presented by loanDepot will get underway Wednesday, Oct. 19, on TBS. If necessary, Game 7 of the NLCS is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 25, while Game 7 of the ALCS is set for Wednesday, Oct. 26.
The winners of the NLCS and ALCS will meet in the 2022 World Series, with the Fall Classic slated to run through Saturday, Nov. 5, if seven games are necessary.
DIVISION SERIES (ALL TIMES ET)
Tuesday, Oct. 11
NLDS Game 1, PHI @ ATL 1:07 p.m. FOX
ALDS Game 1, SEA @ HOU 3:37 p.m. TBS
ALDS Game 1, CLE @ NYY 7:37 p.m. TBS
NLDS Game 1, SD @ LAD 9:37 p.m. FS1
Wednesday, Oct. 12
NLDS Game 2, PHI @ ATL 4:35 p.m. FOX
NLDS Game 2, SD @ LAD 8:37 p.m. FS1
Thursday, Oct. 13
ALDS Game 2, SEA @ HOU 3:37 p.m. TBS
ALDS Game 2, CLE @ NYY 7:37 p.m. TBS
Friday, Oct. 14
NLDS Game 3, LAD @ SD, FS1
NLDS Game 3, ATL @ PHI, FS1
Saturday, Oct. 15
NLDS Game 4, LAD @ SD, FS1 (if necessary)
NLDS Game 4, ATL @ PHI, FS1 (if necessary)
ALDS Game 3, HOU @ SEA, TBS
ALDS Game 3, NYY @ CLE, TBS
Sunday, Oct. 16
ALDS Game 4, HOU @ SEA, TBS (if necessary)
ALDS Game 4, NYY @ CLE, TBS (if necessary)
NLDS Game 5, SD @ LAD, FS1 (if necessary)
NLDS Game 5, PHI @ ATL, FS1 (if necessary)
Monday, Oct. 17
ALDS Game 5, SEA @ HOU, TBS (if necessary)
ALDS Game 5, CLE @ NYY, TBS (if necessary)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Tuesday, Oct. 18
NLCS Game 1, FOX or FS1
Wednesday, Oct. 19
NLCS Game 2, FOX or FS1
ALCS Game 1, TBS
Thursday, Oct. 20
ALCS Game 2, TBS
Friday, Oct. 21
NLCS Game 3, FS1
Saturday, Oct. 22
ALCS Game 3, TBS
NLCS Game 4, FOX or FS1
Sunday, Oct. 23
NLCS Game 5, FS1 (if necessary)
ALCS Game 4, TBS
Monday, Oct. 24
ALCS Game 5, TBS (if necessary)
NLCS Game 6, FS1 (if necessary)
Tuesday, Oct. 25
ALCS Game 6, TBS (if necessary)
NLCS Game 7, FOX and FS1 (if necessary)
Wednesday, Oct. 26
ALCS Game 7, TBS (if necessary)
WORLD SERIES
Friday, Oct. 28
Game 1 (at better record), FOX
Saturday, Oct. 29
Game 2 (at better record), FOX
Monday, Oct. 31
Game 3, FOX
