im lookin to buy playoff tickets and am wondering who will play the athletics (if they make it) in the alds...is it the central, east or wildcard team....does anyone know what division will play the other in the first round of the playoffs
2006-09-18 08:13:07 · 6 answers · asked by yankfan1226 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
That won't be determined until the season is over. If the season ended today, NYY would play Minnesota, Detroit vs. Oakland in the AL...in the NL it would be NYM vs. LA, St. Louis vs. San Diego.
The team with the best record in each league will play the Wild Card team. IF the Wild Card team comes from the same division as the team with the best record, the team with the best record will play the Division winner with the worst record (of the 3 teams that win each division).
2006-09-18 08:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by brianwerner1313 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The guy named Brian up above has the correct answer. The team with best record plays Wild Card unless the wild card comes from the same division. No sense in repeating all that he wrote.
2006-09-18 10:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teams are ranked on record instead. The team with the best record is ranked #1, and the "worst" playoff team getting rank #4.
In the first round, its #1 vs #4, and #2 vs #3.
Right now, its too hard to tell.
2006-09-18 08:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by ~O.N.E.~ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most likely they'll be playing whoever wins the Central. The wild card will come from the Central, so that team will most likely play the Yankees (they can't play the Central winner, even if that team has the best record).
2006-09-18 08:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As of now Oakland would play Detroit in Detroit. They will lose.
2006-09-18 11:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the yanks will play whoever is the wildcard so it is any one of three teams
2006-09-18 08:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋