National League Wild Card Series

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The National League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which National League wild card teams advance deeper into the playoffs.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball postseason series
best-of-three playoff series
alsoKnownAs NL Wild Card Series
appliesToLeague National League
broadcastMedium online streaming
radio
television
competitionFormat best-of-three series
confederation Major League Baseball
currentFormatType best-of-three wild card series
decides two National League teams that advance to the Division Series
determinesAdvancementTo National League Division Series
eligibility National League division winners that do not receive a first-round bye (under current format)
National League teams that qualify as wild cards
formatChangeYear 2022
frequency annual
gamesHostedByHigherSeed all games in the series
gameType playoff game
governingBody Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
homeFieldAdvantageFor higher-seeded wild card team
includesTeams one National League division winner without a first-round bye (under current format)
introducedAsPartOf MLB postseason expansion to 12 teams
introducedInSeason 2022 Major League Baseball season
league National League
level top-level professional baseball
location ballparks of the higher-seeded National League wild card teams
numberOfSeries 2
numberOfTeams 4
numberOfWildCardTeamsInvolved 3 National League wild card teams
occursInMonth October
organizer Major League Baseball
partOf Major League Baseball postseason
National League postseason
postseasonRoundType wild card round
postseasonStage first round of the MLB postseason for some National League teams
previousFormatType single-elimination wild card game
purpose to determine which National League wild card teams advance in the postseason
region United States
relatedCompetition American League Wild Card Series
National League Championship Series
National League Division Series
World Series
replacedCompetitionFormat National League Wild Card Game
seedingBasis regular season record of National League teams
seriesLengthMaximum 3 games
seriesLengthMinimum 2 games
sport baseball
sportingContext Major League Baseball playoffs
tieBreakingRule first team to win two games advances
usedInPlayoffStructure expanded MLB postseason format adopted in 2022

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