The 2026 MLB postseason is underway and the Wild Card Series round is already complete. Three of the four Wild Card Series were sweeps and the home team won three of the four series. From 2022-25, only seven home teams won the Wild Card Series.
The best-of-five Division Series gets underway this weekend. Here are the matchups: AMERICAN LEAGUE ALDS1: Yankees at Rays ALDS2: White Sox at Guardians NATIONAL LEAGUE NLDS1: Padres at Brewers NLDS2: Braves at Dodgers There are eight teams still standing, which equals 16 possible World Series matchups. A rematch of last year's World Series (Blue Jays vs.
Dodgers) is not among them. There has not been a World Series rematch since the Dodgers and Yankees squared off in 1977 and 1978. Anyway, there are 16 possible World Series matchups and none of them are bad!
Each and every one is exciting in its own way, but some are more compelling than others. Sometimes there's history (recent or otherwise), sometimes new players have joined the mix, and so on. With that in mind, we are here to rank all 16 possible World Series matchups.
What are these rankings based on, exactly? History, watchability, vibes, etc. No need to get scientific.
Here now are our 2026 World Series matchup rankings. 16. Dodgers Not much shared history here, unless you go back to the CC Sabathia trade between Cleveland and the Brewers in 2008. This is where I remind you there are no bad World Series matchups!
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