To the races: MLB postseason schedule announced

Major League Baseball announced its 2016 postseason schedule on Tuesday, opening with the American League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser on TBS on Tuesday, Oct. 4, and followed by the National League equivalent on ESPN one night later. The 112th World Series on FOX will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in an AL city to be determined.

While the 10 participants and eventual matchups are gradually being determined, the full postseason schedule can be found at MLB.com/postseason.

As of now, this postseason would begin with Baltimore at either Toronto or Boston and St. Louis at San Francisco. Of course, much can change as the pennant races heat up in both leagues in the final quarter of a regular season that culminates with 15 simultaneous day games on the final Sunday, Oct. 2.

Any potentially necessary regular-season tiebreaker games would be played on Monday, Oct. 3, and telecast exclusively by ESPN. The Wild Card contests would follow in successive days, marking the fifth consecutive year of that format.

Both AL Division Series will begin on Thursday, Oct. 6. The first full slate of Division Series games, featuring two NLDS openers and a pair of ALDS Game 2 contests, will be held on Friday, Oct. 7. Overall, the Division Series are scheduled to run from Oct. 6 through Thursday, Oct. 13, with potential Game 5s on Oct. 12 (ALDS) and Oct. 13 (NLDS). TBS will cover all ALDS games, while FOX, FS1 or MLB Network will handle the …

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