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⭐ MLB Postseason Bracket

After the regular season ends — 4-round playoff: Wild Card / Division Series / League Championship / World Series.

ETA 2026-09 — Live series-by-series 14-factor predictions + bracket visualization activates immediately after the regular season.

Progress Status

  • MLB 162-game full ingestion + 14-factor model — Complete
  • 30-team standings + season game-back tracking — Complete (/en/mlb/standings)
  • Wild Card race tracking — ETA 2026-08 (/en/mlb/wild-card)
  • Postseason bracket + per-series 14-factor predictions — ETA 2026-09

Postseason 4 Rounds

  1. 1. Wild Card Series (WC)

    WC

    Best-of-3 — Top seed hosts all 3 games

    Among the 4 remaining teams per league (division runner-up + 3 Wild Card teams), seeds 4·5 face seed 6. Seeds 1·2·3 get a bye. Division leaders seeded 1·2 advance directly to DS.

  2. 2. Division Series (DS)

    DS

    Best-of-5 — 2-2-1 format (higher seed hosts first)

    WC winners + division leader seeds 1·2·3 meet. Two series per league = ALDS / NLDS. Series winners advance to LCS.

  3. 3. League Championship Series (LCS)

    LCS

    Best-of-7 — 2-3-2 format (higher seed hosts first)

    DS winners from each league meet = ALCS / NLCS. Determines the league pennant. Winner advances to World Series.

  4. 4. World Series (WS)

    WS

    Best-of-7 — 2-3-2 format (higher win% hosts first)

    AL pennant vs NL pennant. Determines the MLB champion. Championship held since 1903.