The Orioles are predominant the American League East with decrease than two months left throughout the widespread season, positioning Baltimore’s baseball group for its first playoff look since 2016.
MLB launched its postseason schedule Tuesday, hinting at when the Orioles’ playoff run could begin.
If Baltimore is unable to hold its lead throughout the AL East nonetheless lands one among many league’s three wild-card spots (or, in a a lot much less most likely state of affairs, wins the division with a worse report than the winners of the AL Central and AL West), the Orioles would appear throughout the AL wild-card sequence, which runs Oct. 3-5.
In these sequence, the very best two wild-card teams face off whereas the division winner with the worst report faces the third wild-card group. The bigger seed hosts every recreation throughout the best-of-three matchup. ESPN will televise every the AL and NL wild-card sequence.
If Baltimore wins a wild-card sequence or finishes as one among many excessive two AL division champions, it’d advance to the AL Division Sequence. The very best-of-five sequence is scheduled to start out Oct. 7 and go as late as Oct. 13, with video video games airing on FS1 and Fox.
MLB modified its playoff format remaining season, rising the number of postseason teams in each league to six.
The Orioles haven’t reached the ALDS since 2014, as soon as they most these days acquired the AL East. That was moreover their remaining look throughout the AL Championship Sequence, a best-of-seven sequence scheduled for Oct. 15-23 on FS1 and Fox.
If Baltimore wins the AL pennant — turning into a member of the 1983 group that was celebrated this earlier weekend at Camden Yards — it’d mark the franchise’s first in 40 years. The World Sequence is scheduled to start out Oct. 27, with a potential Recreation 7 slated for Nov. 4. Fox will broadcast the sequence.
The solely postseason date that will battle with the neighboring Ravens is Oct. 22, when Baltimore’s NFL group hosts the Detroit Lions at 1 p.m. on the similar day Recreation 6 of the ALCS is scheduled, with a start time unannounced. If the Orioles attain the ALCS because the higher seed throughout the matchup, that if-necessary recreation may be at Camden Yards.
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