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A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason is the annual playoff elimination tournament held to determine the champion of MLB in the United States and Canada. Since 2022, the postseason for each league—American and National—consists of two best-of-three Wild Card Series contested by the lowest-seeded division winner and the three wild card teams, two best-of-five Division Series (LDS ...
American League Wild Card: No. 6 Detroit Tigers vs. No. 3 Houston Astros. No. 5 Kansas City Royals vs. No. 4 Baltimore Orioles. American League Byes: No. 1 New York Yankees. No. 2 Cleveland Guardians.
A "wild card" rule was used in the 1981 season after a players' strike wiped out the "middle third" of the season. The owners decided that the winners (in each division) of each "half" of the abbreviated season would make the playoffs, with the caveat that if the same team won both halves then that division's team with the second-best record from the second half would enter the playoffs as a ...
The American League wild card race is down to five teams for two spots that have yet to be clinched. While Detroit and Kansas City are currently in position to claim the last two playoff berths ...
NL wild card series. No. 6 New York Mets (85-69) at No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers (88-66) No. 5 Arizona Diamondbacks (86-68) at No. 4 San Diego Padres (88-66)
The NFL playoffs kick off on Saturday, Jan. 11 with the league's super wild-card weekend before concluding on Feb. 9 with Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Wild-card round. All times Eastern. Saturday ...
The winners of each league's wild card rounds advance to face the two best division winners in that league's Division Series. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch (pictured in 2015 with the Astros) The Houston Astros (88–73) qualified for the postseason as the American League West division winner, clinching the division by beating the Seattle Mariners ...