The Rays are making their fourth straight postseason appearance and eighth overall in franchise history, with all eight coming since 2008. They are hosting the Tampa Bay Rays (86–76), who clinched a postseason berth on September 30. The Guardians are making their first postseason appearance since 2020 and their first under the Guardians moniker. As the worst American League division winner in terms of record, they were locked into the third seed. The Cleveland Guardians (92–70) clinched the American League Central on September 25. The postseason structure is similar to the format MLB temporarily used in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic however, there were no first-round byes for the top two seeds in 2020. This allowed the top two seeds in each league to receive a bye into the Division Series. The third-seed will play the sixth-seed, and the fourth-seed will play the fifth-seed.
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MLB also added a wild card series where the lowest-seeded division winner, and three wild card teams (each seeded according to regular season record), will play a best-of-three Wild Card round, with the higher seed hosting all three games. On March 10, Major League Baseball changed the postseason structure for the first time since 2012, adding a sixth team to the postseason in each league. The Cleveland Guardians defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to advance to the ALDS against the New York Yankees, and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to advance to the ALDS against the Houston Astros. For the first time, Canadian rightsholder Sportsnet – a sibling property to the Toronto Blue Jays under Rogers Communications – was allowed to produce its own broadcast of a Blue Jays postseason series in previous years, it was required to simulcast a U.S. ESPN broadcast both Wild Card Series in the United States, and games were also broadcast by ESPN Radio. Both Wild Card Series began on October 7, with Game 2s scheduled for October 8. The 2022 American League Wild Card Series were two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) that determined the participating teams of the 2022 American League Division Series (ALDS). Lance Barrett, Andy Fletcher, Brian Knight, Jerry Meals (crew chief), Roberto Ortiz, Todd Tichenor Ted Barrett (crew chief), Doug Eddings, Adam Hamari, Hunter Wendelstedt, Chad Whitson, Quinn Wolcottīuck Martinez, Pat Tabler and Hazel Mae (Sportsnet) ĭave Flemming, Jessica Mendoza, Tim Kurkjian, and Coley Harvey (ESPN) Jon Sciambi, Doug Glanville, and Jesse Rogers
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