Teams competing in the Wild Card Series of the 2026 MLB playoffs will have one day to rest and recuperate from the regular season before they'll be back in action.

Here's the 2026 MLB postseason schedule, from the wild-card round through the World Series. Tuesday, Sept. 29 Game 1: Red Sox @ Yankees (8 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock) Wednesday, Sept. 30 Game 2: Red Sox @ Yankees (8 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock) Thursday, Oct. 1 Game 3: Red Sox @ Yankees (8 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock, if necessary)

The New York Yankees are an absolute playoff force. They cruised past the Boston Red Sox in laughably dominant fashion, sweeping the series while outscoring their division rivals 18-2 across the two games. Yankees starting pitchers Cam Schlittler and Max Fried combined to pitch 12 1/3 innings with 16 strikeouts.

The Chicago White Sox lost more than 100 games each of the past three seasons. Not this year. The young White Sox now face Cleveland in the American League Division Series.

The 2026 MLB playoff schedule begins Tuesday, Sept. 29, with the Wild Card Series and runs through a potential World Series Game 7 on Saturday, Oct. 31. An asterisk indicates a game that will be played only if necessary. All times are in ET. All dates ...