2023 MLB Postseason

[FieldsFan336]

It's that time again!

ROUND 1: WILD CARD SERIES starts October 3 (best 2 of 3)

AL Wild Card
Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins

NL Wild Card
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers
Miami Marlins vs. Philadelphia Phillies

ROUND 2: DIVISION SERIES (starts October 7, best 3 of 5)

ALDS 1
Winner of Texas/Tampa vs. Baltimore Orioles

ALDS 2
Winner of Toronto/Minnesota vs. Houston Astros

NLDS 1
Winner of Arizona/Milwaukee vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

NLDS 2
Winner of Miami/Philadelphia vs. Atlanta Braves

ROUND 3: CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best 4 of 7)
ALCS starts October 15, NLCS starts October 16

2023 WORLD SERIES (best 4 of 7)
Game 1 is scheduled to begin October 27, higher seed of the 2 LCS winners determines home field advantage

Good luck to all teams!

[Ccook]

As stellar as the Braves have been, there has been some rust in the armor. P Charlie Morton will not pitch through the DS as he's been nursing a finger blister, and with the exception of Rasael Iglesias the bullpen has recently been porous. Right now Philadelphia has some much needed momentum and could come out of the wild card to win it all. Look out for Texas as well. The Astros are getting their second wind and stand a good chance to repeat.

[TPIR_rules]

Wild Card round:

Toronto over Minnesota in 3
Tampa Bay over Texas in 2
Arizona over Milwaukee in 3
Philadelphia over Miami in 3


World Series:   LA Dodgers over Tampa Bay

[Ccook]

On TV, the games are seen thusly:

NL Wild Cards: ESPN (Marlins-Phillies), ESPN2 (Brewers-Dbacks)
AL Wild Cards: ABC (Rangers-Rays), ESPN (Blue Jays-Twins)
NLDS and NLCS: TBS
ALDS and ALCS: Fox or FS1
World Series: Fox

[mellongraig]

Sportsnet will also carry the Blue Jays-Twins series, with their broadcast crew on site in Minnesota.

I think from a Blue Jays standpoint they were lucky to make it to the playoffs, as many of us counted them out when the Rangers swept them in September and they had an okay regular season. Still they will have to improve on their performance in the wild card if they want to make a deep playoff run.

[PatrickRox80]

Rangers take Game 1 in a 4-0 shutout.

Twins currently lead the Jays 3-1 in the seventh. If this lead holds, they will snap their 18-game postseason losing streak.

[PatrickRox80]

And they have. The Twins will go for the win tomorrow.

[Ccook]

Diamondbacks and Phillies also win.

[Ccook]

Texas advances after a 7-1 win against Tampa Bay, who had tied the record for most consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason (33). Texas plays Baltimore in the DS starting Saturday.

[mellongraig]

Meanwhile Tampa Bay failed to sell out both of their wildcard games, which is really concerning to say the least from the MLB saying that no playoff team should have an empty stadium. With an afternoon start time for both games, that played a role seeing empty seats at Tropicana Field.

[PatrickRox80]

Twins sweep as well, both halves of the ALDS are set.

[FieldsFan336]

Arizona has swept Milwaukee out of the playoffs, and it's looking like Philadelphia will do the same to Miami.  So round 2 will look like this barring a Marlins miracle:

ALDS: Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros

NLDS: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves

[PatrickRox80]

And it's official. No baseball tomorrow.

[Ccook]

Game 1 starting times and TV (all times Eastern):

1 PM - Texas-Baltimore, Fox or FS1
4:45 - Minnesota-Houston, Fox or FS1
6 PM - Philadelphia-Atlanta, TBS
9:20 - Arizona-L.A. Dodgers, TBS

[TPIR_rules]

Division series:

Baltimore over Texas in 4
Houston over Minnesota in 4
Atlanta over Philadelphia in 5
LA Dodgers over Arizona in 4


My new World Series prediction:   LA Dodgers over Houston