When Do Major League Baseball Season Start?
It’s never too soon to start thinking about baseball season! Here’s a rundown of when each Major League Baseball team’s season will start in 2020.
Introduction
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league. The season starts in late March or early April and ends in late September or early October. There are two parts to the season: the regular season and the postseason. The regular season is when teams play each other to decide who will make the playoffs. The postseason is when the best teams from each division (and a few wildcard teams) play each other in a tournament to decide the World Series champion.
The regular season
Major League Baseball’s (MLB) regular season starts in late March and ends in late September. During this time, each of the 30 MLB teams play 162 games, which are spaced out over a 180-day period. Usually, there are no more than two games per day, although some may be played on weekday evenings or on weekends. The All-Star Game is held in July, and the postseason playoffs begin in October.
The All-Star break
The all-star break is the midpoint of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season. The season is divided into two halves, with each team’s first 82 games counting towards their first-half record and the remaining 80 games towards their second-half record. If a team’s first-half record is better than their second-half record, they are said to have “won” the first half of the season, while a team with a better second-half record is said to have “won” the second half. In each league (American and National), the team (or teams) with the best first-half record earn a berth in the postseason tournament called the MLB Playoffs, which culminates in that year’s World Series. These playoff berths are awarded regardless of whether the team has a better overall won–loss record than any other team in its league.
The postseason
Playoffs are held after the conclusion of the regular season. As of 2012, eight teams in each league qualify for the playoffs: four divisional winners and two wild card teams. A single-elimination tournament determines the champion of each league. The two divisional winners in each league play each other in a best-of-five series called the League Championship Series (LCS). The winners of each LCS then advance to play each other in a best-of-seven series called the World Series.
In addition to the major league championships, postseason play also includes the minor league baseball playoffs and various Fall/Winter Leagues such as the Arizona Fall League, Dominican Winter League, Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, and Mexican Pacific Winter League.
Conclusion
It is difficult to say when the Major League Baseball season starts because it varies from year to year. The start date is usually determined by the teams that are participating in the World Series. The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It is a best-of-seven playoff between the pennant winners of the American League (AL) and National League (NL).
