The Major League Baseball (MLB) season is a 162-game season that begins its regular season in late March or in early April and ends near the end of September. There are a total of 30 teams with 29 in the United States and one in Canada all competing to get to the postseason also known as the World Series.
Once the regular season is over, the best teams are moved to the postseason playoff games in October to get into the World Series. The World Series is a best-of-seven series where the first team to four wins will win the series. The World Series is formatted with a bracket-style with 12 teams (six from each league) that includes three division winners in each league and three Wild Card teams each league.
The American League Wildcards:
Detroit Tigers @ Houston Astros, DET wins 2-0
Kansas City @ Baltimore Orioles, KC wins 2-0
The National League Wildcards:
New York Mets @ Milwaukee Brewers, NYM wins 2-1
Atlanta Braves @ San Diego Padres, SD wins 2-0
The American League Championship Series:
Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians, CLE wins 3-2
New York Yankees @ Kansas City, NYY wins 3-1
New York Yankees @Cleveland Guardians, NYY wins 4-1
The National League Championship Series:
New York Mets @ Philadelphia Phillies, NYM wins 3-1
San Diego Padres @ Los Angeles Dodgers, LAD wins 3-2
New York Mets @ Los Angeles Dodgers, LAD wins 4-2
World Series:
Los Angeles Dodgers @ New York Yankees, LAD wins 4-1 !!
The last time the Dodgers won the World Series was in 2020 against the Tampa Bay Rays, while the last time the Yankees won the World Series was in 2009 against the Philadelphia Phillies. The last time the Dodgers and Yankees faced each other in the World Series was in 1978 where the Yankees won. The two teams are one, if not the highest paying teams in the league. With respected star players like Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, and Anthony Volpe, the matchup brought in higher ratings compared to last year’s World Series.
A portion of the money collected from playoff gate receipts is distributed to each postseason team. The winner of the World Series gets the largest share of the pool, followed by the runner-up, and so on. Each player gets a chance for bonuses based on their stats and World Series rings. World Series rings are normally covered in diamonds, sapphires, platinum, and other luxurious materials.