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The playoffs were expanded in 2012 to include a second Wild Card team and in 2022 to include a third Wild Card team. The ALCS and NLCS, since the expansion to best-of-seven, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and Games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the ...
This is the first American League Championship Series since 2016 to not feature the Houston Astros, who were swept by the Detroit Tigers in the Wild Card Series.This brought an end to the Astros' streak of seven consecutive ALCS appearances (2017–2023), the most consecutive LCS appearances in the American League and the second-most consecutive LCS appearances after the Atlanta Braves ...
Baker would join the San Francisco Giants' front office as a special advisor, his third stint with the club (player in 1984, manager from 1993-2002). [ 34 ] The Astros run of seven straight ALCS appearances would end in 2024 , falling just short of the 1991-1993 / 1995-1999 Braves for the consecutive LCS streak record (MLB did not have a ...
Red Sox manager Alex Cora was the Astros bench coach during their 2017 championship season. Cora, along with general manager Jeff Luhnow, manager A. J. Hinch, and veteran player Carlos Beltrán, were all suspended for a full season for their roles in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. [8]
Adolis García and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a $14 million, two-year contract, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing between the AL Championship Series MVP and the World Series champions.
Two players have shared the award in the same year three times, all in the NL; Rob Dibble and Randy Myers for the 1990 Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago Cubs' Jon Lester and Javier Báez in 2016, and Chris Taylor and Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017. Nelson Cruz won the award in the 2011 ALCS after hitting 6 home runs in the series.
The series was the 50th in league history, [c] with Fox/FS1 televising all games in the United States. For the third straight year, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the NLCS, this ALCS was sponsored by GEICO and officially known as the 2019 American League Championship Series presented ...
The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the first two and last two (had they been necessary) games played at the home ballpark of the team with the better regular season record, the Red Sox. [1] The series was the 49th in league history, with TBS televising all games in the United States. The Red Sox defeated the Astros in five games.