OTB 2023 Playoff Schedule
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Last Updated October 9, 2023
Playoff Bracket Overview
Round 1
15 Teams, 4 Brackets, Bracket 1 has 3 teams, all others have 4 teams
Round 2
8 teams re-seeded based on bracket results and then regular season finish
Round 3
4 teams
Re-seed
remaining teams
Single elimination
Round 4
2 teams
Championship Round
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |||||
| August 27 | September 10 | September 17 | W | L | RS | RA | September 24 | October 1 | October 8 | |
1st Place Yankees |
BYE |
vs. 14th W 17-4 |
vs. 15th W 27-6 |
2 | 0 | 44 | 10 | vs. WC 4 W 3-2 |
vs. 4th seed L 6-8 |
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| 14th PlaceAstros |
vs 15th L 4-13 |
at 1st L 4-17 |
BYE |
0 | 2 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 15th PlaceIndians |
at 14th W 13-4 |
BYE |
at 1st L 6-27 |
1 | 1 | 19 | 31 | |||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |||||
| August 27 | September 10 | September 17 | W | L | RS | RA | September 24 | October 1 | October 8 | |
2nd Place Giants |
vs. 13th W 8-3 |
vs 8th W 12-3 |
vs 7th W 23-8 |
3 | 0 | 43 | 14 | vs WC 3 W 4-1 |
vs 3rd seed W 10-1 |
vs. 2nd seed L 3-4 |
| 7th PlaceBraves |
vs 8th L 7-12 |
vs. 13th L 6-8 |
at 2nd L 8-23 |
0 | 3 | 21 | 43 | |||
| 8th PlaceWhite Sox |
at 7th W 12-7 |
at 2nd L 3-12 |
vs. 13th W 14-6 |
2 | 1 | 29 | 25 | @ Bracket B L 1-4 |
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| 13th PlaceOrioles |
at 2nd L 3-8 |
at 7th W 8-6 |
at 8th L 6-14 |
1 | 2 | 17 | 28 | |||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |||||
| August 27 | September 10 | September 17 | W | L | RS | RA | September 24 | October 1 | October 8 | |
| 3rd Place Cardinals |
vs. 12th W 10-0 |
vs. 9th W 5-1 |
vs. 6th W 19-7 |
3 | 0 | 34 | 8 | vs. WC 2 W 8-6 |
@ 2nd seed L 1-10 |
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| 6th Place Athletics |
vs. 9th W 5-0 |
vs. 12th W 4-1 |
vs. 3rd L 7-19 |
2 | 1 | 16 | 20 | @ Bracket C L 6-8 |
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| 9th Place Red Sox |
vs. 6th L 0-5 |
vs. 3rd L 1-5 |
vs. 12th L 9-12 |
0 | 3 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 12th Place Padres |
vs. 3rd L 0-10 |
vs. 6th L 1-4 |
vs. 9th W 12-9 |
1 | 2 | 13 | 23 | |||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |||||
| August 27 | September 10 | September 17 | W | L | RS | RA | September 24 | October 1 | October 8 | |
4th Place Twins |
vs. 11th W 9-7 |
vs. 10th W 2-1 |
vs. 5th W 3-1 |
3 | 0 | 14 | 9 | vs. WC 1 L 0-7 |
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| 5th Place Dodgers |
vs. 10th L 2-5 |
vs. 11th W 13-10 |
at 4th L 1-3 |
1 | 2 | 16 | 18 | @ Bracket D W 7-0 |
@ 1st seed W 8-6 |
@ 1st seed W 4-3 |
| 10th Place Pirates |
at 5th W 5-2 |
at 4th L 1-2 |
vs. 11th W 4-2 |
2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | @ Bracket A L 2-3 |
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| 11th Place Brewers |
at 4th L 7-9 |
at 5th L 10-13 |
at 10th L 2-4 |
0 | 3 | 19 | 26 | |||
Tiebreakers
(Playoff Seeding will be completed prior to Playoff Week 1, Playoff Week 5, and Playoff Week 6)
Regular Season Seeding Tiebreakers
- Tiebreaker 1 - Overall Record
- Tiebreaker 2 - Head-to-Head
- Tiebreaker 3 - Division Record
- Tiebreaker 4 - Fewest Runs Allowed (Team Defense)
- Tiebreaker 5 - Most Runs Scored (Team Offense)
- Tiebreaker 6 - Coin Flip
Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers - to determine winner of Bracket A (T1/T14/T15) should each team finish 1-1
- Best record in round-robin
- Run Differential (Run differential is calculated by subtracting runs allowed from runs scored. Best Run Differential will advance) Example: Team 1 (20 Runs Scored - 15 Runs Allowed = +5); Team 14 (13 Runs Scored - 17 Runs Allowed = -4); Team 15 (16 Runs Scored - 17 Runs Allowed = -1) = Team 1 advances
- Should two of the three teams be tied for the best run differential; the third team is eliminated and Playoff head-to-head record determines winner
- If three teams are tied for run differential, then highest seeded team advances
Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers - to determine winner of Brackets B, C, & D
- Best record in round-robin
- Round-robin head-to-head
- If two teams are tied for the best record, the winner of that game wins the bracket (assuming all have played each other)
- If more than two teams are tied at the end of the round-robin and one team has beaten all teams that it is tied with, that one team will win the bracket otherwise the team with the higher regular season seeding will win the bracket.
- Seeding of teams for the Quarter-finals will be from 1-4 amongst all four bracket winners based on Regular Season seeding
Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers - to determine wild card teams - all brackets
- Best record (winning percentage) in round-robin amongst non-bracket winners
- Teams that finished 2-1 advance and are placed in Quarter-finals based on end of regular season seeding until four wild card slots are filled
- If there are more than four 2-1 teams, the teams with the top four end of regular season seedings advance
- If there are less than four 2-1 teams and if the 1st seeded team does not win their bracket and finishes 1-1, that team is placed in Quarter-finals until wild card slots are filled
- If wild card slots are still not filled, then remaining teams that finished 1-2 are placed in Quarter-finals based on end of regular season seeding until wild card slots are filled
- Seeding of teams for the Quarter-finals will be from 5-8 amongst the wild card teams based on Regular Season seeding
Prioritization of field assignments for week #3 of the playoffs
- Games that will determine winner of the bracket where at least one of the team needs to win to also make the playoffs
- Games that will determine whether either team makes the playoffs as a wild card team
- Games that will determine whether one of the teams makes the playoffs as a wild card team (the other team having already secured a playoff spot or been eliminated)
- Games that will determine winner of the bracket where both teams have already made the playoffs (and thus outcome only affects seeding)
- Games that may determine whether a team makes the playoffs (results are dependent on what happens with other games)