Post-Season Overview: Bow, tie-breaker and more

The postseason scene is starting to take shape.

Although the Blue Jays fell to the Yankees on Wednesday for 8-3 In the game that hit Aaron Judge 61st home this seasonToronto put its magic number at 1 to advance beyond the season as one of the MLS cards, thanks to loss 3-1 From the Orioles against the Red Sox.

In the National League, the Mets They won 5-4 To Marlins and, along with 3-2 . ​​setback From the Braves at the Nationals, New York is now one game ahead of Atlanta at the top of the NL East. The Mets and Braves have a three-match series scheduled for the weekend.

Also on the old circuit, beer makers bowed 5-1 To the Cardinals and they now have only 0.5 games behind the Phillies in the hunt for their third wild card. Philadelphia stumbled again against cubs.

While there’s still plenty to come in the standings between now and the playoffs starting October 7, here’s what the post-season picture looks like by the end of Wednesday.

remind: As part of a new collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union, Major League Baseball has expanded the number of teams in the post-season from 10 to 12 prior to the 2022 campaign. Both AL and LN now have three Wild Card points (an increase from two). The first and second seed in each league advance directly to the Division Series. The other four teams in the Best of Three Wild Card Series will be drawn, with all challenges played on the first seed ground and the winners advancing to the Division Series.

If the season ends today:

AL Wild Card Series (starts October 7th)
Top Three Matches (all in the top seed’s house)

The number of sailors (6) in the Guardians’ House (3).
Rays (5) at Blue Jays (4)

Astros (1) and Yankees (2) rest and advance directly to Division

NL Wild Card Series (Starts October 7th)
Top Three Matches (all in the top seed’s house)

Phillies (6) at Cardinals (3)
Padres (5) V Braves (4)

The Dodgers (1) and Mets (2) rest and advance directly to the Division Series

LA Division Series (starts October 11)
Top five matches

Rise/Blue Jays start at the home of the Astros
Sailors/Guardians start at Yankees House

NL Division Series (starts October 11)
Top five matches

Padres/Braves starts at the Dodgers’ house
Phillies / Cardinals starting from the Mets house

who have already obtained their permit: Dodgers, Astros, Mets, Braves, Yankees, Guardians and Cardinals.

who is next: The Blue Jays’ magic number (87-68) to advance beyond the season is 1.

Wednesday’s main games

Citizens 3 Brave 2
Mets 5 Marlins 4
Cubs 4 Phillies 2
Brewers 5 Cardinals 1

Most races and tiebreak standards have been fought

East LN: The Mets have one game ahead of the Braves. The Mets currently lead the set series 9-7 and will take the lead in tie time* by winning one of their three games against Atlanta this weekend.

boy card: The Blue Jays lead the Rays by 1.5 games for their first wild card, while the Rays lead by 0.5 over the Mariners and lead the Seattle Orioles by 4.5 games to finish third.

Crop battle: TB has an advantage when it comes to a tie over TOR (10-9) and SEA (5-2); Seattle has an advantage over TOR (5-2) and BAL (4-2)

NL Wild Card: Padres Velez led by 2.5 games over second Wild Card, while Velez led the Brewers by 1.5 games over third place.

Crop battle: FIL has an advantage in break-even time over SD (4-3) and MIL (4-2); SD has an advantage over MIL (4-3)

*Note: Under this new qualifier system, no additional ties-breaking matches will be played. All ties, including those for divisional titles and post-season berths, will be determined by a series of tie-breakers, the first of which will be the record set between the clubs involved.