MLB Playoffs Schedule, Scores: Follow the Postseason Road to the 2023 World Series
The Messenger Staff
The MLB playoffs have a way of turning the month of October into pandemonium. To help you sort through the pressure-packed schedule, dramatic comebacks and unlikely heroes, we’ve put together a road map to the 2023 World Series. Here’s the postseason schedule: who to watch, when to watch, how to watch — and what the odds say about potential betting angles.
In the National League, the Atlanta Braves won an MLB-best 104 games and earned a bye to the division round with the Los Angeles Dodgers (100 wins). In the American League, the Baltimore Orioles led the way with 101 wins and earned a bye along with the 90-win Houston Astros. There is no travel built into the best-of-three wild-card rounds; the better-seeded teams will host all games in the MLB’s current playoff format.
Did you miss Neil Paine’s MLB playoffs primer? The Messenger’s analytics guru sized up the entire postseason field and determined that this year’s World Series undoubtedly goes through the Braves.
- Braves +300
- Astros +450
- Dodgers +475
- Orioles +650
- Rangers +700
- Phillies +750
- Twins +850
- Diamondbacks +1600
Game 1 — Rangers 4, Rays 0
Game 2 — Rangers 7, Rays 1
Game 1 — Twins 3, Blue Jays 1
Game 2 — Twins 2, Blue Jays 0
Game 1 — Diamondbacks 6, Brewers 3
Game 2 — Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 2
Game 1 — Phillies 4, Marlins 1
Game 2 — Phillies 7, Marlins 1
(All times Eastern)
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(All times Eastern)
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(All times Eastern)
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The team with the most regular-season wins will have home-field advantage regardless of previous postseason seeding.
