EDIT: This contest is now closed to new contest entries.
Welcome to the MLB Postseason Bracket Challenge Contest! For this contest, we will be predicting the teams that win playoff rounds and advance in each round of the MLB Postseason. There will also be tiebreaker questions, if necessary. There's even a Bonus Contest. And then there's MLB.com's own $100,000 Bracket Challenge (it's now live). Let us know if you entered that contest too.
(In your post, you may copy and paste the matchups below and then delete the teams you think will not win.)
American League Wild Card Series (Best-of-Three)
Toroonto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland A’s
Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
National League Wild Card Series (Best-of-Three)
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins vs. Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
American League Divisional Series (Best-of-Five)
(Rays/Blue Jays) vs. (Yankees/Indians)
(White Sox/A’s) vs. (Astros/Twins)
National League Divisional Series (Best-of-Five)
(Brewers/Dodgers) vs. (Cardinals/Padres)
(Reds/Braves) vs. (Marlins/Cubs)
American League Championship Series (Best-of-Seven)
(Rays/Blue Jays/Yankees/Indians) vs. (White Sox/A’s/Astros/Twins)
National League Championship Series (Best-of-Seven)
(Brewers/Dodgers/Cardinals/Padres) vs. (Reds/Braves/(Marlins/Cubs)
World Series (Best-of-Seven)
(Brewers/Dodgers/Cardinals/Padres/Reds/Braves/Marlins/Cubs)
vs.
(Rays/Blue Jays/Yankees/Indians/White Sox/A’s/Astros/Twins)
Correct predictions will receive points as follows:
Whoever has the most points (and wins tiebreakers, if necessary) wins cards!
Tiebreaker question #1: What will be the total number of World Series games played?
Tiebreaker question #2: What will be the total number of games played during the entire 2020 MLB Postseason?
World Series MVP Bonus Contest!: Who do you think will win the World Series MVP? ALL contestants who correctly predict the World Series MVP will win a selection of cards from me (maybe even a card from your want list).
Contest rules:
- The deadline to post your predictions (including tiebreakers and Bonus Contest predictions) is five minutes prior to the scheduled start of Tuesday's first playoff game (2:00 pm Eastern which is 11:00 am Pacific, Sept. 29).
- Prediction posts that are edited after the deadline will be disqualified.
- In case of a tie for most correct predictions (including tiebreakers), I will randomize via random.org to determine a first-place winner.
Prizes:
The first-place winner will receive a minimum of 15 hand-selected cards and at least one some sealed packs of cards. Here’s the twist—after the 15th entrant, I will add a card to the prize pool each time someone enters the contest. For example, if we end up with 27 entrants, there will be 27 cards in the prize pool in addition to however many sealed packs I put in the prize pool.
Prize Cards (so far):
1981 Kellogg's #34 Frank White
2017 Topps Hi Tek #HT-CKL Corey Kluber
2018 Topps Gypsy Queen - Indigo #14 Yoenis Cespedes (serial #'d 36/250)
2004 Fleer Patchworks - By the Numbers #13BN Chipper Jones
2011 Bowman Sterling - USA Baseball Refractor Relic #USAR-BR Brady Rodgers
More cards:
1969 Topps Baseball #208 Phillies Rookie Stars (Larry Hisle & Barry Lersch)
2008-09 Topps Chrome Basketball #32 Shaquille O'Neal
2002 MLB Showdown Pennant Run #70 Derek Jeter
1972 Topps Football #66 Herb Adderly
2003-04 Pacific Prism Hockey #72 Mark Messier
1975 Topps Baseball #199 1961 MVPs (Roger Maris & Frank Robinson)
2019 Topps Chrome Baseball - Greatness Returns #GRE-14 Ernie Banks & Javier Baez
1991 Post Cereal #2 Mark McGwire
2001 Fleer Tradition - Stitches In Time #19ST Bill Perkins
2001 Topps Archives Reserve #2 Brooks Robinson
2002 Donruss Studio - Sample #100 Manny Ramirez
2009-10 Panini Basketball - All-Pro Team #11 Carmelo Anthony
1991-92 Upper Deck Hockey #83 Esa Tikkanen (VAR: Hologram has the words "UPPER DECK" on back)
Added 10/13/202:
1992 Jimmy Dean #3 Brian Jordan
1992 Post Cereal #20 Ken Griffey Jr.
1993 Hostess #30 Larry Walker
2019 Topps Big League #BO-1 Mike Trout
2019 Topps Heritage #AW-2 Christian Yelich
1998 Weber's Bread Los Angeles Galaxy #4 Robin Fraser (set is not yet found on TCDb but some set info can be found here)
Still more prize cards to be added...
Pack prizes:
One miswrapped wax pack of 1987 Topps Baseball
One miswrapped wax pack of 1989 Topps Baseball (for some reason this pack actually has two wrappers--you can see the 2nd wrapper through the 1st wrapper)
One sealed one-card pack of Upper Deck Denny's Holograms
One sealed 4-card cello sampler pack containing a mix of 2005 Leaf Certified Material, Donruss Elite and Playoff football cards
More cards to be added...
Here's the initial Leaderboard...
