The Chicago Cubs are playoff bound, as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to clinch their first postseason berth in five seasons.

The Cubs now have 88 wins on the season, and though their playoff destination has yet to be determined, they will fit into the new format the league unveiled in recent seasons.

Here’s how things work for the North Siders, and what could be in the future as they enter postseason play.

How MLB’s playoff format works

For the 2022 season, Major League Baseball introduced a new playoff format that added an extra wild card team to each league, and additional wild card series to the postseason schedule.

Under that format, a total of six teams from each league reach the postseason. Of the three division winners, the top two teams receive byes into the Division Series

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