The new postseason format with three wild cards in each league began in 2022, with the top two division winners getting a bye to the LDS. Quadruple-headers are on the schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday, with more potential games set for Thursday if necessary.

As a result of their eight victories, Cleveland won the American League Central, and played the Tigers, an American League Wild Card team, in the best of three-game Wild Card Series. In a 1:08PM game September 30, Detroit defeated Cleveland, 2-1, in a nail-biter at Cleveland’s Progressive Field.

Major League Baseball's postseason got underway on Tuesday with Game 1 of each of the four Wild Card Series. The winners of these three-game sets will then advance to MLB's more traditional playoff structure, beginning with the best-of-five divisional round.