Major League Baseball Playoffs Expanding to 10 Teams This Season
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Major League Baseball’s postseason will expand to 10 teams from eight starting this year by adding a one-game wild-card playoff in each league.
An extra tier of playoffs had been agreed upon in baseball’s labor contract approved in December, meaning one-third of the sport’s 30 teams now will qualify for the postseason. Under the new format, five teams each from the American and National leagues make the postseason.