The MLB postseason moves into the division series on Saturday, with all four best-of-five series opening on the same day — four Game 1s spread across the afternoon and evening.
The action starts at 1 p.m. ET with the Chicago White Sox visiting the Cleveland Guardians on TBS/truTV, followed by the Atlanta Braves at the Los Angeles Dodgers at 4 p.m. ET on FOX. The evening brings the New York Yankees at the Tampa Bay Rays at 6:30 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV, and the San Diego Padres at the Milwaukee Brewers at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
The National League matchups carry the heaviest storylines. The two-time defending champion Dodgers (100–62) host the Braves (94–68) in their sixth postseason meeting — and fourth in the last nine years. Atlanta won the regular-season series 5–1, but October is a different game. In Milwaukee, the top-seeded Brewers face the Padres in the first postseason meeting between two franchises still chasing their first World Series title. Milwaukee will lean on ace Jacob Misiorowski, the likely NL Cy Young winner, while San Diego arrives hot after sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card round.
In the American League, the top-seeded Rays host the Yankees, who swept the Boston Red Sox to reach this stage, while the Guardians take on the White Sox — the upstarts who swept the Houston Astros for their first postseason series win since 2005. MLB does not re-seed after the wild-card round, which is what set up these exact pairings.
With the World Series chase down to eight teams, Saturday's quadruple-header will set the tone for a week that could reshape October.
Sources:
USA Today: MLB playoffs divisional series schedule
NBC Sports: Padres vs Brewers NLDS preview
The action starts at 1 p.m. ET with the Chicago White Sox visiting the Cleveland Guardians on TBS/truTV, followed by the Atlanta Braves at the Los Angeles Dodgers at 4 p.m. ET on FOX. The evening brings the New York Yankees at the Tampa Bay Rays at 6:30 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV, and the San Diego Padres at the Milwaukee Brewers at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
The National League matchups carry the heaviest storylines. The two-time defending champion Dodgers (100–62) host the Braves (94–68) in their sixth postseason meeting — and fourth in the last nine years. Atlanta won the regular-season series 5–1, but October is a different game. In Milwaukee, the top-seeded Brewers face the Padres in the first postseason meeting between two franchises still chasing their first World Series title. Milwaukee will lean on ace Jacob Misiorowski, the likely NL Cy Young winner, while San Diego arrives hot after sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card round.
In the American League, the top-seeded Rays host the Yankees, who swept the Boston Red Sox to reach this stage, while the Guardians take on the White Sox — the upstarts who swept the Houston Astros for their first postseason series win since 2005. MLB does not re-seed after the wild-card round, which is what set up these exact pairings.
With the World Series chase down to eight teams, Saturday's quadruple-header will set the tone for a week that could reshape October.
Sources:
USA Today: MLB playoffs divisional series schedule
NBC Sports: Padres vs Brewers NLDS preview
