The four best MLB teams in baseball’s regular season won’t play their first playoff game until Saturday, October 7.
That gives them six full days off, begging the question if a hot baseball team wants to keep playing or if resting players and setting your rotation is the better way to go.
We shall find out as baseball debuts its new postseason format of 12 teams and four MLB Wild Card series that are each best-of-three.
MLB Wild Card Matchups
Texas Rangers (+135) at Tampa Bay Rays (-160)
As the top seed in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles will get the winner of the Rangers at Rays series. Texas is in the playoffs for the first time since 2016, while the Rays are in the playoffs for the fifth straight year.
Toronto Blue Jays (-105) at Minnesota Twins (-115)
In the early 1990s, these were two of the best teams in baseball. The Minnesota Twins won the World Series in 1991, and the Toronto Blue Jays won in 1992 and 1993. Neither has been back since and of the 12 playoff teams, only the Brewers and Orioles have been absent from the fall classic for longer.
The winner will play the defending World Series champion Houston Astros.
Miami Marlins (+160) at Philadelphia Phillies (-190)
The winner of the Marlins-Phillies series will head to Atlanta to take on the top-seeded Braves. The Phillies are the defending National League champions, they are the higher seed, and they are the favorites to win this series. However, in 13 games this regular season, the Marlins came out on top 7-6.
Arizona Diamondbacks (+130) at Milwaukee Brewers (-155)
It’s been more than 40 years since the Milwaukee Brewers were American League champions and playing in the World Series. Now they are National League Central champions for the fourth time and hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks, a World Series winner 22 years ago.
The winner of this series will be at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.
MLB World Series Odds
- Atlanta Braves (+310)
- Houston Astros (+450)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (+450)
- Baltimore Orioles (+700)
- Tampa Bay Rays (+1000)
- Philadelphia Phillies (+1300)
- Texas Rangers (+1600)
- Toronto Blue Jays (+1600)
- Milwaukee Brewers (+1700)
- Minnesota Twins (+2000)
- Arizona Diamondbacks (+3000)
- Miami Marlins (+3500)
The Braves finished this MLB season with the best record in baseball, and the 2021 World Series champions enter the postseason as the favorite to win another World Series. The Houston Astros are at +450 to repeat as champions, with the Los Angeles Dodgers also at +450.
The Baltimore Orioles, a 100-game winner for the first time in 42 years, have the shortest odds in the American League at +700.
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