2026 MLB Playoff Odds: Dodgers Riding High to October

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2026 MLB Playoff Odds: Dodgers Riding High to October

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2026 MLB Playoff Odds: Dodgers Riding High to October

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We're only a few weeks into the 2026 MLB regular season, and we've already seen some movement in the odds to reach the postseason.

The MLB playoff odds market is a simple "yes/no" proposition. You look at a team's odds and decide whether or not you think they'll be playing in October.

Let's look at how MLB odds look with a little data in play, as the Los Angeles Dodgers remain the most likely team to be playing in October, with the Colorado Rockies the least.

2026 MLB playoff odds

Odds courtesy of DraftKings.

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MLB Postseason format

The MLB playoffs expanded in the 2022 season, adding an extra wild card to both the AL and NL, making it a total of 12 teams in the postseason.

The new format will see the top two division winners in each league (Seeds 1 and 2) get a first-round bye, while the third-best division winner (Seed 3) will host the third wild card (Seed 6) — and the two remaining wild cards (Seeds 4 and 5) will face off — in a three-game series.

Following the Wild Card Round, the No. 1 seed will face the winner of the two wild cards (Seeds 4/5), while the No. 2 seed will face the No. 3 vs No. 6 winner in the Divisional Round.

If the second-best record in the league does not come from a division winner (e.g. the San Francisco Giants in 2021), they will remain the top wild card — and not get a first-round bye.

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