Playoff system announced for the 2022 Major League Playoffs

The Big leagues they will have several adjustments from the season 2022 after the new collective agreement with the MLBPA and among those things the increase in teams classified to the “Promised Land” and with it a new format of the Playoffswhich will also have a new tiebreaker system that eliminates what is known as “game 163″.

In a report posted by the MLB Communications Twitter account, it was stated that the run differential during the 2022 season would affect postseason eligibility/seeding in the event of a tie in standings. While a ‘Game 163’ will no longer be played to determine ties for playoff eligibility, run differential is not one of the methods of breaking a tie or ties in qualifying for postseason eligibility or qualifying. . Any tie would be broken by winning percentage in the following order:

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Tie-breaker

• head to head record
• Intradivision record
• Interdivision record
• Last half of intraleague games
• Last half of intraleague games plus one (and continuing until tiebreaker)

Playoffs 2022

The Playoffs format was expanded to 12 teams, with three division winners and three wild-card teams in each league, with the top two division winners earning automatic byes to the Division Series.

• Six teams qualify by league
• The two division champions with the best record advance directly to the Division Series
• The division champion with the lowest record will have to play the Wild Card round
• The three clubs with the best record in each league that have finished from second place down in their division standing will also advance to the Wild Card round.
• The wild card round will be to win two of three games and all will be played at the home of the highest ranked
• The winners of each group qualify for the Divisional Series, which will be played in the best of five games
• The Championship Series and the World Series will continue to be played in the best of seven games.

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