MLB Playoffs Schedule 2020: Bracket Matchups, Updated Pennant, World Series Odds
The MLB Playoffs schedule is set! It took every game of regular-season play to figure things out, but MLB fans finally know which teams are in the 2020 MLB playoffs along with the Round 1 matchups. In a year like no other, be ready to expect the unexpected!
MLB Playoffs 2020: Neutral sites, expanded field
For the first time ever, the MLB playoffs will feature 16 teams – and fans love it! In a newly added format for the 2020 shortened season, the Wild Card round will feature a best-of-three series instead of the usual one game “winner take all” format. Don’t be surprised if this new WC schedule doesn’t stay in place from here on out.
The games will also be played at neutral sites so having a real “home crowd feel or advantage” won’t favor a true home team like years past.
This year all MLB playoff games will be played in four designated cities. Arlington and Houston, Texas, along with San Diego, and Los Angeles, California will be the host cities for the 2020 MLB playoffs, The 2020 World Series taking place in Arlington, Texas.
MLB Playoffs Schedule 2020: Wild Card Schedule
Can a No. 8 seed defeat a No. 1? On paper it looks doubtful, however, the game isn’t played on paper. Oddsmakers may not be giving the two No. 8 seeds much of a chance but in a winner take all best of three contest, you never know.
Here is a look at the Wild Card round schedule.
WILD-CARD ROUND
American League
Houston Astros (6) at Minnesota Twins (3)
- Game 1: Sept. 29, 2 p.m. ET (ABC)
- Game 2: Sept. 30, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
- Game 3: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
Chicago White Sox (7) at Oakland A’s (2)
- Game 1: Sept. 29, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 2: Sept. 30, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 3: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
Toronto Blue Jays (8) at Tampa Bay Rays (1)
- Game 1: Sept. 29, 5 p.m. ET (TBS)
- Game 2: Sept. 30, 4 p.m. ET (TBS)
- Game 3: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
New York Yankees (5) at Cleveland Indians (4)
- Game 1: Sept. 29, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 2: Sept. 30, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 3: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
National League
Cincinnati Reds (7) at Atlanta Braves (2)
- Game 1: Sept. 30, 12 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 2: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)
- Game 3: Oct. 2, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
Miami Marlins (6) at Chicago Cubs (3)
- Game 1: Sept. 30, 2 p.m. ET (ABC)
- Game 2: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)
- Game 3: Oct. 2, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
St. Louis Cardinals (5) at San Diego Padres (4)
- Game 1: Sept. 30, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
- Game 2: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)
- Game 3: Oct. 2, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
Milwaukee Brewers (8) at Los Angeles Dodgers (1)
- Game 1: Sept. 30, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 2: Oct. 1, TBD (ESPN/TBS)
- Game 3: Oct. 2, TBD (ESPN/TBS)*
World Series Odds
To no ones surprise, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are the top two favorites to win the 2020 World Series. However, all sports fans have to do is look to the NBA to know that anything can happen!
While the Celtics, Raptors, and Bucks were favored to win the East, it is the Miami Heat heading to the NBA Finals. So you never know!
Here are the odds to win the 2020 World Series along with each teams’ odds to win the AL and NL Pennant. The odds on the left are to win the World Series with the odds on the right to capture the AL/NL Pennant.
- Dodgers: +350 (+130)
- Yankees: +600 (+280)
- Rays: +7000 (+350)
- Athletics: +1100 (+500)
- Padres: +1100 (+600)
- Braves: +1100 (+550)
- Twins: +1500 (+550)
- Cubs: +1600 (+700)
- White Sox: +1600 (+650)
- Indians: +1700 (+750)
- Astros: +2500 (+1100)
- Reds: +3000 (+1500)
- Cardinals: +3300 (+1400)
- Marlins: +3300 (+1500)
- Brewers: +3500 (+1800)
- Blue Jays: +4000 (+1800)
