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MLB postseason schedule: 2022 Major League Baseball playoff dates released

Though thereis still a lot to be played for in the2022 MLB regular season, teams already know the dates of the postseason games. Here, check out the 2022playoffs schedule.

Updated on
August 16, 2022 02:30PM EDT

**© Michael Zarrilli/Getty Images**A view of the Truist Park during Game 5 of the 2021 MLB World Series.

With teams entering the final stretch of the2022 MLB regular season, the battle for the playoff berths will have baseball fans in for a treat. October is looming on the horizon, which is why the league released the 2022 postseason schedule.

Following a months-long lockout that delayed the start of the regular season, the new Collective Bargaining Agreement signed by Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association earlier this year determined a change in the playoff format.

Having returned to a 10-teampostseason in 2021, this year’s playoffs will be expanded to 12 teams, giving an extra playoff berth per league and turning the Wild Card round into a best-of-three series.

2022 MLB Postseason Schedule: Key Dates Of This Year’s Playoffs

The 2022 MLB postseason gets underway on Friday, October 7 with Game 1 of the Wild Card series, which will be played on three consecutive days. Each division series start on October 11, with the NL Championship Series and the ALCS starting on Oct. 18 and Oct. 19, respectively. Game 1 of the World Series, meanwhile, is Friday, Oct. 28. If necessary, Game 7 would be on Saturday, Nov. 5.As Jeff Passan of ESPN notes, the league has shortened the calendar by eliminating some off days between games.

2022 MLB PlayoffsSchedule

Wild Card series

Friday, October 7 – Sunday, October9 (Best of 3 series)

Division series

Tuesday, Oct. 11

Championship Series

NL: Tuesday, Oct. 18
AL:Wednesday, Oct. 19

World Series

Game 1: Friday, Oct. 28
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 29
Game 3: Monday, Oct. 31
Game 4: Tuesday, Nov. 1
Game 5: Wednesday, Nov. 2
Game 6: Friday, Nov. 4
Game 7: Saturday, Nov. 5

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