The 2022 Major League Baseball postseason begins tonight and it will showcase the new format which we feel benefits the game. There are 12 teams in the postseason now and unlike in previous years, the opening games will be a best-of-three series.
The new format is as follows…
The top two seeds in each league in this case The Dodgers & Braves in the NL and The Astros and Yankees in the get a first-round bye. The other eight teams play a best-of-three Wild Card series as below. Thereon the postseason will take its normal shape: a best-of-five League Division Series; a best-of-seven League Championship Series; and then the best-of-seven World Series.
Our bracket is listed below with our predicted winner in each round in blue. That leaves nothing more to say other than “Batter up”.
The 2022 World Series Bracket
American League
AL Wild Card Round
Cleveland Guardians v Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays v Seattle Mariners
AL Divisional Series (ALDS)
Tampa Bay Rays v NY Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays v Houston Astros
AL Championship (ALCS)
Toronto Blue Jays v NY Yankees
An all AL East final eventually edged by the Blue Jays 4-3
National League
NL Wild Card Round
St Louis Cardinals v Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets v San Diego Padres
NL Divisional Series (NLDS)
New York Mets v LA Dodgers
St Louis Cardinals v Atlanta Braves
NL Championship (NLCS)
Atlanta Braves v LA Dodgers
A repeat of last years NLCS series with a different result this time
2022 World Series Winners
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LA Dodgers v Toronto Blue Jays
So there we have it the bracket and eventual winner as we see it. This would mean the Dodgers not only get revenge over the Braves for last year but also get their 8th win. This would tie them with the Giants as the 5th most successful of all time.
