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Tuesday American League Wild Card open thread

Even though the Orioles season has come to an end, Major League Baseball’s odd 2020 campaign marches on. The expanded playoffs begin today with a quadruple header of American League Wild Card matchups.

We should pause here to lay out how this year’s postseason is going to flow, because it’s gonna be a little different.

The 2020 playoffs will include 16 teams (eight from each league). Each of those teams will compete in a best-of-three Wild Card round. The winners will progress to a best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven Championship Series, and finally a best-of-seven World Series.