Major League Baseball’s 2024 postseason has arrived, and the divisional round is underway. The Mets beat the Phillies Wednesday to clinch their first NLCS berth since 2015 and eliminate their NL East rivals. A day later, the Yankees eliminated the Royals to clinch their own ALCS berth. On Friday, the Dodgers shut out the Padres to secure the second NLCS slot; they’ll host the Mets beginning Sunday. The Guardians and Tigers will finish the round Saturday with a pivotal Game 5 that was moved up to 1 p.m. to avoid bad weather.
The division series will all be decided this week before the LCS round gets started on Sunday, Oct. 13. Here’s the complete 2024 MLB playoff bracket.
The Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers were all ousted in the Wild Card Series last week, trimming the playoff field from 12 teams to eight.
As a reminder, the 12-team playoff bracket is broken up into four rounds. Eight teams played in the best-of-three Wild Card Series with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds in each league hosting the No. 6 and No. 5 teams, respectively. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in each league earned byes to the League Division Series, which gets started on Saturday, Oct. 5.
The 2024 World Series will either start on Friday, Oct. 25 or Tuesday, Oct. 22. The start date gets moved up if both the ALCS and NLCS end in five games or less.
2024 MLB playoff schedule
All times Eastern
Division Series
Saturday, Oct. 5
ALDS Game 1: Guardians 7, Tigers 0 (Cleveland leads 1-0)
NLDS Game 1: Mets 6, Phillies 2 (New York leads 1-0)
ALDS Game 1: Yankees 6, Royals 5 (New York leads 1-0)
NLDS Game 1: Dodgers 7, Padres 5 (Los Angeles leads 1-0)
Sunday, Oct. 6
NLDS Game 2: Phillies 7, Mets 6 (Series tied 1-1)
NLDS Game 2: Padres 10, Dodgers 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Monday, Oct. 7
ALDS Game 2: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 (Series tied 1-1)
ALDS Game 2: Royals 4, Yankees 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 8
NLDS Game 3: Mets 7, Phillies 2 (New York leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 3: Padres 6, Dodgers 5 (San Diego leads 2-1)
Wednesday, Oct. 9
ALDS Game 3: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 (Detroit leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 4: Mets 4, Phillies 1 (New York wins series 3-1)
ALDS Game 3: Yankees 3, Royals 2 (New York leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 4: Dodgers 8, Padres 0 (Series tied 2-2)
Thursday, Oct. 10
ALDS Game 4: Guardians 5, Tigers 4 (Series tied 2-2)
ALDS Game 4: Yankees 3, Royals 1 (New York wins 3-1)
Friday, Oct. 11
NLDS Game 5: Dodgers 2, Padres 0 (Los Angeles wins 3-2)
Saturday, Oct. 12
ALDS Game 5: Guardians vs. Tigers, 1:08 p.m., TBS
Championship Series
Sunday, Oct. 13
NLCS Game 1: Mets vs. Dodgers, 8:15 p.m., Fox, Fubo (Try for free)
Monday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 2: Mets vs. Dodgers, 4:08 p.m., Fox, FS1, Fubo (Try for free)
ALCS Game 1: Yankees vs. TBD, 7:37 p.m., TBS
Tuesday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD, 7:37 p.m., TBS
Wednesday, Oct. 16
NLCS Game 3: Mets vs. Dodgers, 8:08 p.m., Fox, Fubo (Try for free)
Thursday, Oct. 17
ALCS Game 3: Yankees vs. TBD
NLCS Game 4: Mets vs. Dodgers
Friday, Oct. 18
ALCS Game 4: Yankees vs. TBD
*NLCS Game 5: Mets vs. Dodgers
Saturday, Oct. 19
*ALCS Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD
Sunday, Oct. 20
*NLCS Game 6: Mets vs. Dodgers
Monday, Oct 21
*ALCS Game 6: Yankees vs. TBD
*NLCS Game 7: Mets vs. Dodgers
Tuesday, Oct. 22
*ALCS Game 7: Yankees vs. TBD
*-if necessary
World Series
(The 2024 World Series schedule is subject to change. Every game would be moved up by three days if both the ALCS and NLCS end in five games or less.)
Friday, Oct. 25
World Series Game 1: TBD vs. TBD
Saturday, Oct. 26
World Series Game 2: TBD vs. TBD
Monday, Oct. 28
World Series Game 3: TBD vs. TBD
Tuesday, Oct. 29
World Series Game 4: TBD vs. TBD
Wednesday, Oct. 30
*World Series Game 5: TBD vs. TBD
Friday, Nov. 1
*World Series Game 6: TBD vs. TBD
Saturday, Nov. 2
*World Series Game 7: TBD vs. TBD
*-if necessary
MLB playoff scores
Wild Card Series
Tuesday, Oct. 1
AL Wild Card Series Game 1: Tigers 3, Astros 1 (Detroit leads 1-0)
AL Wild Card Series Game 1: Royals 1, Orioles 0 (Kansas City leads 1-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 1: Mets 8, Brewers 4 (New York leads 1-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 1: Padres 4, Braves 0 (San Diego leads 1-0)
Wednesday, Oct. 2
AL Wild Card Series Game 2: Tigers 5, Astros 2 (Detroit wins 2-0)
AL Wild Card Series Game 2: Royals 2, Orioles 1 (Kansas City wins 2-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 2: Brewers 5, Mets 3 (Series tied 1-1)
NL Wild Card Series Game 2: Padres 5, Braves 4 (San Diego wins 2-0)
Thursday, Oct. 3
NL Wild Card Series Game 3: Mets 4, Brewers 2 (New York wins 2-1)
