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The MLB<\/a> postseason is drawing nearer. While the teams and seedings may not be set quite yet, fans are still looking forward to October baseball. The unpredictability, the upsets and the unknown heroes make playoff baseball one of the best experiences in professional sports.<\/p>\n

But when will these moments grace our television screens? With less than two weeks until the conclusion of the regular season, you’d better start checking your calendar, making sure you have free time to catch as much postseason action as possible. Here is a rundown of the 2024 MLB playoff schedule.<\/p>\n

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When do the MLB playoffs begin?<\/p>\n

The playoffs begin with the best-of-three wild card Series on Tuesday, October 1 \u2013 two days after the final day of the regular season. Each series will play three games on consecutive days, with the final game of each series scheduled for Thursday, October 3.<\/p>\n

When does the World Series start?<\/p>\n

Game 1 of the World Series is set for Friday, October 25. The World Series can conclude as early as Game 4, set for Tuesday, October 29, but can bleed into November if the series goes at least six games. Game 7 of the 2024 World Series would be held on Saturday, November 2.<\/p>\n

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2024 MLB postseason schedule:Wild Card Series (Best-of-3):October 1:\u00a0ALWC A & B Game 1, NLWC A & B Game 1October 2:\u00a0ALWC A & B Game 2, NLWC A & B Game 2October 3:\u00a0ALWC A & B Game 3 (if necessary), NLWC A & B Game 3 (if necessary)Division Series (Best-of-5):October 5:\u00a0ALDS A & B Game 1, NLDS A & B, Game 1October 6:\u00a0NLDS A & B Game 2October 7:\u00a0ALDS A & B Game 2October 8:\u00a0NLDS A & B Game 3October 9:\u00a0ALDS A & B Game 3, NLDS A & B Game 4 (if necessary)October 10:\u00a0ALDS A & B Game 4 (if necessary)October 11:\u00a0NLDS A & B Game 5 (if necessary)October 12:\u00a0ALDS A & B Game 5 (if necessary)League Championship Series (Best-of-7):October 13:\u00a0NLCS Game 1October 14:\u00a0ALCS Game 1, NLCS Game 2October 15:\u00a0ALCS Game 2October 16:\u00a0NLCS Game 3October 17:\u00a0ALCS Game 3, NLCS Game 4October 18:\u00a0ALCS Game 4, NLCS Game 5 (if necessary)October 19:\u00a0ALCS Game 5 (if necessary)October 20:\u00a0NLCS Game 6 (if necessary)October 21:\u00a0ALCS Game 6 (if necessary), NLCS Game 7 (if necessary)October 22:\u00a0ALCS Game 7 (if necessary)World Series (Best-of-7):October 25:\u00a0World Series Game 1October 26:\u00a0World Series Game 2October 28:\u00a0World Series Game 3October 29:\u00a0World Series Game 4October 30:\u00a0World Series Game 5 (if necessary)November 1:\u00a0World Series Game 6 (if necessary)November 2:\u00a0World Series Game 7 (if necessary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MLB postseason is drawing nearer. While the teams and seedings may not be set quite yet, fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[938,152,5,2500,438,695,689,343,2328,2304,4,2305,2303,306,505,2424,846,169,3213,300,850,2431,1646,688,185,317,1645,1039],"class_list":{"0":"post-21231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-league","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-championship","12":"tag-exclude","13":"tag-exclude-smart-fronts","14":"tag-fronts","15":"tag-league","16":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","17":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-mlb-playoffs","20":"tag-mlb-postseason","21":"tag-national","22":"tag-national-league","23":"tag-national-league-championship-series","24":"tag-neutral","25":"tag-news","26":"tag-now","27":"tag-overall","28":"tag-overall-neutral","29":"tag-playoffs","30":"tag-series","31":"tag-smart","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-sports-news","34":"tag-world","35":"tag-world-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114495220139234541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}