Major League Baseball released this year’s postseason schedule Monday afternoon, more than a month before the regular season wraps. The playoffs will officially begin on Tuesday, Sept. 29, with the four Wild Card Series. Those best-of-three sets will conclude no later than Thursday, Oct. 1. From there, the Division Series will begin on Saturday, Oct. 3, with the League Championship Series getting underway no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 11. The 2026 World Series, meanwhile, will kick off on Friday, Oct. 23. A potential Game 7, should it come to that, would take place on Saturday, Oct. 31. Here’s the full postseason schedule, beginning with the Wild Card Series.
Wild Card Series DayDateSeriesNetworkTues. Sept. 29 ALWC A, Game 1 NBC platforms ALWC B, Game 1 NBC platforms NLWC A, Game 1 NBC platforms NLWC B, Game 1 NBC platforms Wed. Sept. 30 ALWC A, Game 2 NBC platforms ALWC B, Game 2 NBC platforms NLWC A, Game 2 NBC platforms NLWC B, Game 2 NBC platforms Thurs. Oct. 1 ALWC A, Game 3 (if necessary) NBC platforms ALWC B, Game 3 (if necessary) NBC platforms NLWC A, Game 3 (if necessary) NBC platforms NLWC B, Game 3 (if necessary) NBC platforms Division Series DayDateSeriesNetworkSat. Oct. 3 ALDS A, Game 1 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX ALDS B, Game 1 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLDS A, Game 1 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes NLDS B, Game 1 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Sun. Oct. 4 NLDS A, Game 2 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes NLDS B, Game 2 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Mon. Oct. 5 ALDS A, Game 2 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX ALDS B, Game 2 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX Tues. Oct. 6 NLDS A, Game 3 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes NLDS B, Game 3 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Wed. Oct. 7 ALDS A, Game 3 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLDS B, Game 3 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLDS A, Game 4 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes NLDS B, Game 4 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Thurs. Oct. 8 ALDS A, Game 4 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX ALDS B, Game 4 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX Fri. Oct. 9 NLDS A, Game 5 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes NLDS B, Game 5 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Sat. Oct. 10 ALDS A, Game 5 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX ALDS B, Game 5 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX League Championship Series DayDateSeriesNetworkSun. Oct. 11 NLCS Game 1 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Mon. Oct. 12 ALCS Game 1 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLCS Game 2 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Tues. Oct. 13 ALCS Game 2 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX Wed. Oct. 14 NLCS Game 3 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Thurs. Oct. 15 ALCS Game 3 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLCS Game 4 Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Fri. Oct. 16 ALCS Game 4 TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLCS Game 5 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Sat. Oct. 17 ALCS Game 5 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX Sun. Oct. 18 NLCS Game 6 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Mon. Oct. 19 ALCS Game 6 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX NLCS Game 7 (if necessary) Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes Tues. Oct. 20 ALCS Game 7 (if necessary) TBS, truTV, HBO MAX World SeriesDayDateSeriesNetworkFri. Oct. 23 Game 1 (at better 2025 record) Fox/Fox Deportes Sat. Oct. 24 Game 2 (at better 2025 record) Fox/Fox Deportes Sun. Oct. 25 TRAVEL DAY Mon. Oct. 26 Game 3 Fox/Fox Deportes Tues. Oct. 27 Game 4 Fox/Fox Deportes Wed. Oct. 28 Game 5 (if necessary) Fox/Fox Deportes Thurs. Oct. 29 TRAVEL DAY (if necessary) Fri. Oct. 30 Game 6 (if necessary, at better 2025 record) Fox/Fox Deportes Sat. Oct. 31 Game 7 (if necessary, at better 2025 record) Fox/Fox Deportes MLB’s regular season will wrap up on Sunday, Sept. 27. Remember that the expanded postseason means there are no tiebreaker games. All ties are broken mathematically, with head-to-head record as the first tiebreaker.
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