2024 MLB playoff schedule: TV coverage, scores, game times, baseball games today, where to watch ALDS and NLDS

Baseball's postseason fittingly kicked off on Oct. 1 this year

Major League Baseball's 2024 postseason has arrived, and the divisional round is underway. The Mets beat the Phillies Wednesday to clinch their first NLCS berth since 2015 and eliminate their NL East rivals. A day later, the Yankees eliminated the Royals to clinch their own ALCS berth. The Padres couldn't shut the door and instead the Dodgers forced an NLDS Game 5. The Guardians did the same, beating the Tigers to send the ALDS back to Cleveland for their own Game 5.

The division series will all be decided this week before the LCS round gets started on Sunday, Oct. 13. Here's the complete 2024 MLB playoff bracket.

The Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers were all ousted in the Wild Card Series last week, trimming the playoff field from 12 teams to eight.

As a reminder, the 12-team playoff bracket is broken up into four rounds. Eight teams played in the best-of-three Wild Card Series with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds in each league hosting the No. 6 and No. 5 teams, respectively. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in each league earned byes to the League Division Series, which gets started on Saturday, Oct. 5.

The 2024 World Series will either start on Friday, Oct. 25 or Tuesday, Oct. 22. The start date gets moved up if both the ALCS and NLCS end in five games or less.

2024 MLB playoff schedule

All times Eastern

Division Series

Saturday, Oct. 5
ALDS Game 1: Guardians 7, Tigers 0 (Cleveland leads 1-0)
NLDS Game 1: Mets 6, Phillies 2 (New York leads 1-0)
ALDS Game 1: Yankees 6, Royals 5 (New York leads 1-0)
NLDS Game 1: Dodgers 7, Padres 5 (Los Angeles leads 1-0)

Sunday, Oct. 6
NLDS Game 2: Phillies 7, Mets 6 (Series tied 1-1)
NLDS Game 2: Padres 10, Dodgers 2 (Series tied 1-1)

Monday, Oct. 7
ALDS Game 2: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 (Series tied 1-1)
ALDS Game 2: Royals 4, Yankees 2 (Series tied 1-1)

Tuesday, Oct. 8
NLDS Game 3: Mets 7, Phillies 2 (New York leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 3: Padres 6, Dodgers 5 (San Diego leads 2-1)

Wednesday, Oct. 9
ALDS Game 3: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 (Detroit leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 4: Mets 4, Phillies 1 (New York wins series 3-1)
ALDS Game 3: Yankees 3, Royals 2 (New York leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 4: Dodgers 8, Padres 0 (Series tied 2-2)

Thursday, Oct. 10
ALDS Game 4: Guardians 5, Tigers 4 (Series tied 2-2)
ALDS Game 4: Yankees 3, Royals 1 (New York wins 3-1)

Friday, Oct. 11
NLDS Game 5: Dodgers vs. Padres, 8:08 p.m., Fox, Fubo (Try for free)

Saturday, Oct. 12
ALDS Game 5: Guardians vs. Tigers, 8:08 p.m., TBS

Championship Series

Sunday, Oct. 13
NLCS Game 1: Mets vs. TBD, 8:15 p.m., Fox, Fubo (Try for free)

Monday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 2: Mets vs. TBD, 4:08 p.m., Fox, FS1, Fubo (Try for free)
ALCS Game 1: Yankees vs. TBD, 7:37 p.m., TBS

Tuesday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD, 7:37 p.m., TBS

Wednesday, Oct. 16
NLCS Game 3: Mets vs. TBD, 8:08 p.m., Fox, Fubo (Try for free)

Thursday, Oct. 17
ALCS Game 3: Yankees vs. TBD
NLCS Game 4: Mets vs. TBD

Friday, Oct. 18
ALCS Game 4: Yankees vs. TBD
*NLCS Game 5: Mets vs. TBD

Saturday, Oct. 19
*ALCS Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD

Sunday, Oct. 20
*NLCS Game 6: Mets vs. TBD

Monday, Oct 21
*ALCS Game 6: Yankees vs. TBD 
*NLCS Game 7: Mets vs. TBD

Tuesday, Oct. 22
*ALCS Game 7: Yankees vs. TBD
*-if necessary

World Series

(The 2024 World Series schedule is subject to change. Every game would be moved up by three days if both the ALCS and NLCS end in five games or less.)

Friday, Oct. 25
World Series Game 1: TBD vs. TBD

Saturday, Oct. 26
World Series Game 2: TBD vs. TBD

Monday, Oct. 28
World Series Game 3: TBD vs. TBD

Tuesday, Oct. 29
World Series Game 4: TBD vs. TBD

Wednesday, Oct. 30
*World Series Game 5: TBD vs. TBD

Friday, Nov. 1
*World Series Game 6: TBD vs. TBD

Saturday, Nov. 2
*World Series Game 7: TBD vs. TBD
*-if necessary

MLB playoff scores

Wild Card Series

Tuesday, Oct. 1
AL Wild Card Series Game 1: Tigers 3, Astros 1 (Detroit leads 1-0)
AL Wild Card Series Game 1: Royals 1, Orioles 0 (Kansas City leads 1-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 1: Mets 8, Brewers 4 (New York leads 1-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 1: Padres 4, Braves 0 (San Diego leads 1-0)

Wednesday, Oct. 2
AL Wild Card Series Game 2: Tigers 5, Astros 2 (Detroit wins 2-0)
AL Wild Card Series Game 2: Royals 2, Orioles 1 (Kansas City wins 2-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 2: Brewers 5, Mets 3 (Series tied 1-1)
NL Wild Card Series Game 2: Padres 5, Braves 4 (San Diego wins 2-0)

Thursday, Oct. 3
NL Wild Card Series Game 3: Mets 4, Brewers 2 (New York wins 2-1)