The 2021 MLB playoffs are finally here.
After expanding to 16 teams in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to its familiar 10-team postseason format in 2021, starting with a New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox showdown in the American League Wild Card Game on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET on ESPN). The winner of that matchup will take on the Tampa Bay Rays in one ALDS while the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros square off in the other.
In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers will start their attempt to repeat as World Series champs with a wild-card date with the St.