MLB will discuss playoff format; no wholesale changes set for near future, commish says

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The Atlanta Braves won 104 games during the regular season. The Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season on top of the NL West division with 100 wins. However, both teams were eliminated from the postseason in the Division Series.

The Baltimore Orioles won recorded 101 wins and earned the AL East title, but they were swept in the Division series following a first-round bye.

The Arizona Diamondbacks won 84 games this year and qualified for the playoffs via the wild card. Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers finished second in the AL West and were also a wild card team. Both teams have advanced to the World Series.

Major League Baseball altered its playoff format ahead of the 2022 postseason as part of a multi-year collective bargaining agreement with the players’ association. As a result, the playoffs were expanded from 10 teams to 12.

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A general view of the MLB postseason logo on the field during Game Three of the Division Series between the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on October 10, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league will examine its playoff format, but it is in no rush implement any significant changes.

"It will at least motivate a conversation about whether we have it right," Manfred said Friday before the World Series opener. "I’m sure that conversation will take place (after) the postseason. Enough has been written and said that we have to think about it and talk about it. But again, my own view is that the format served us pretty well."

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