Major League Baseball announced the allotment of 2018 postseason shares, with the total pool surpassing $88 million. The amount is up from $84 million in 2017 and $76 million in 2016 — both record-highs at the time.
The pool is composed of 50 percent Wild-Card gate receipts, 60 percent of receipts for the first three games of the Division Series, 60 percent of receipts from the first four games of the Championship Series and another 60 percent of gate receipts from the first four games of the World Series.
As World Series runner-ups for a second consecutive year, the Los Angeles Dodgers earned $21,165,272.