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MLB playoff tiebreakers, explained: How standings are determined for AL and NL wild-card, divisional ties

Mayhem finds a home at the end of MLB’s regular season, nestling nicely between harrowing home runs and curveballs that frolic as they evade bats.

The league expanded its postseason to 12 teams in 2022, making the final few games of a season that much more consequential.

That brought some other changes, too. Gone are the days of Game 163, a final-day tiebreaker that saw two postseason-caliber teams collide to determine which club won a division crown or snatched a wild-card spot.

In its place are myriad tiebreakers, each designed to ensure that the team granted access to the postseason is a deserving one by even the most granular measures.

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