Hey, the MLB postseason is about to be here! October baseball! We first published this on the day before all the madness begins, but now it’s a good time to talk about the schedule of the 2024 Wild Card round starting on Tuesday so you can plan ahead for each series.

Here's how it all went down on a day that saw three teams exit and one matchup move on to a Thursday showdown.

It's time for playoff baseball. The 2024 MLB postseason begins on Tuesday, Oct. 1, with all four matchups of the Wild Card Series kickstarting a five-week stretch of high-stakes baseball. And there are certainly plenty of storylines looming this October.

Major League Baseball’s postseason will get underway on Tuesday, October 1 with the start of the Wild Card Series. The field for the American League is set, but the National League will need one additional day to round things out with three teams vying for two remaining spots.