The MLB playoff race is down to the final day! Who will have the chance to win the 2024 World Series? Check out our MLB Playoff Picture and Bracket tracker with a breakdown of how the playoffs would look with one game remaining on Sept. 30.
2024 MLB Playoff Bracket
The first and second seeds in each league receive byes to automatically reach the divisional round. Here’s the bracket breakdown:
American League Seeds
- (1) Yankees vs. winner of (4) Orioles vs. (5) Royals
- (2) Guardians vs. winner of (3) Astros vs. (6) Tigers
National League Seeds
- (1) Dodgers vs. winner of (4) Padres vs. (5) Mets
- (2) Phillies vs. winner of (3) Brewers vs. (6) Diamondbacks
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2024 MLB Playoff Schedule
Wild-Card Series: Oct 1-3
Tuesday, October 1
Wednesday, October 2
Thursday, October 3
Divisional Series: Oct 5-12
League Series: Oct 13-22
World Series: Oct 25-Nov 2
2024 MLB Playoff Picture
The first three seeds in each league are division winners. The next three are wild-card teams.
American League
- New York Yankees (94-68)**+
- Cleveland Guardians (92-69)**
- Houston Astros (88-73)**
- Baltimore Orioles (91-71)*
- Kansas City Royals (86-76)*
- Detroit Tigers (86-76)*
National League
- Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64)**+
- Philadelphia Phillies (95-67)**
- Milwaukee Brewers (93-69)**
- San Diego Padres (93-69)*
- New York Mets (89-72)*
- Arizona Diamondbacks (89-73)
In the hunt:
* Clinched Playoff Berth
** Clinched Division
+ Clinched Home-field Advantage
What are the playoff tiebreakers?
Ties are solved by head-to-head records first. If there is still a tie, other factors are considered such as:
- Record against other teams in their division
- Record against other teams in their league, but outside their division
- Record of last half of intraleague games
- Record of last half of intraleague games plus one
For more details, check out our breakdown of the MLB playoff format.
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