Cubs.com\/postseason<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe games would be played next week, Tuesday Sept. 29 through Thursday, Oct. 1. You can also register for a chance at tickets in the NL Division Series.<\/p>\n
MVP races, stats to watch<\/p>\n
MLB’s major awards probably won’t have much drama this season.<\/p>\n
Both MVP races have strong favorites with Chicago’s Pete Crow-Armstrong running away with the NL honor while Houston’s Yordan Alvarez is the probable choice in the AL, though Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero has also had a fantastic season. Alvarez still has an outside shot at a Triple Crown. He leads the AL in batting average at .313 but his 40 homers are one behind Caminero and his 99 RBIs are nine back of Baltimore’s Pete Alonso.<\/p>\n
For the Cy Young Award, Milwaukee flame thrower Jacob Misiorowski and New York ace Cam Schlittler are the favorites in the NL and AL, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Rookie of the Year races also look set with Cincinnati’s Sal Stewart and his 110-RBI season the leader in the NL and Detroit’s Kevin McGonigle the favorite in the AL.<\/p>\n
What is the MLB playoff format?<\/p>\n
There are 12 teams that qualify for MLB’s postseason, including six teams from both the AL and NL. The three division winners in each league get seeds No. 1 through No. 3, ranked by win-loss record. Then the three wild-card teams get seeds No. 4 through No. 6, also ranked by win-loss record.<\/p>\n
The top two teams with the best record in both the AL and NL automatically advance to the Division Series. The other eight teams play in the Wild Card Series, which is a best-of-three format beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 29. In both the AL and NL, the No. 6 seed will travel to face the No. 3 seed while the No. 5 seed goes to No. 4. The higher seed hosts all three games.<\/p>\n
The winners then advance to the best-of-five Division Series, followed by the best-of-seven League Championship Series and a best-of-seven World Series between the winners of the AL and NL.<\/p>\n
What is the MLB postseason schedule?<\/p>\n
Wild Card Series: Sept. 29-Oct. 1 (NBC\/Peacock)<\/p>\n
Division Series: Oct. 3-10 (AL on TBS, NL on FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n
Championship Series: Oct. 11-20 (AL on TBS, NL on FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n
World Series: Oct. 23-31 (FOX)<\/p>\n
Who are the favorites to win the World Series?<\/p>\n
The Dodgers (+220) are the favorites to capture a third straight World Series title while the Brewers (+600), Yankees (+800) and Rays (+800) are viewed as the top contenders.<\/p>\n
ABC7 Chicago contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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