The 2023 Triple-A National Championship Game, which will feature the winners of the International League and Pacific Coast League meeting in a single-game format, will be played on Saturday, September 30th in Las Vegas.
The Triple-A National Championship Game, which will follow the best-of-three League Championship Series of the two leagues, will crown an overall winner of the highest level of the Minor Leagues.
Each Triple-A season will be split into two halves, with the first half ending on June 25th and the second half commencing on June 28th. The regular season will conclude on Sunday, September 24th. The first-half winners will serve as the hosts of the pair of best-of-three LCS, which are slated to begin on Tuesday, September 26th. In the event the same Club wins both halves, the Club with the next best winning percentage in the second half will advance. The winners of the two LCS will advance to Las Vegas Ballpark, which also hosted last season’s Triple-A Triple Championship Weekend, for Saturday’s decisive matchup.
In the event of any ties, the following tiebreakers will apply in the order below:
1. Head-to-head record between the clubs in the respective half (if three or more Clubs, best winning percentage in games among the Clubs).
2. If the Clubs remain tied, best overall winning percentage over the last 20 games.
3. If the Clubs remain tied, best overall winning percentage over an additional game (i.e., the last 21 games, the last 22 games, etc.) until one emerges with a better winning percentage in that span of games.
The format for the 2023 Postseason at Double-A, High-A and Single-A will consist of four teams per league in a best-of-3 Division series, followed by a best-of-three Championship series. The four playoff participants per league will be the winners of each division from both halves based on the best winning percentage of each half. In the event the same Club wins both halves, the Club with the next best winning percentage in the second half will advance.
However, with only six clubs in the Northwest League, the format for the Postseason will consist of a single, best-of-five Championship series. The two playoff participants will be decided based on the best winning percentage of each half. In the event the same Club wins both halves, the Club with the next best winning percentage in the second half will advance.
In the event of any ties, the following tiebreakers will apply in the order below:
1. Head-to-head record between the clubs in the respective half (if three or more Clubs, best winning percentage in games among the Clubs).
2. If the Clubs remain tied, best overall winning percentage over the last 20 games.
3. If the Clubs remain tied, best overall winning percentage over an additional game (i.e., the last 21 games, the last 22 games, etc.) until one emerges with a better winning percentage in that span of games.
Arizona Complex League and Florida Complex League
- Postseason begins on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.
- Three (3) division winners and one (1) wild card team (i.e., the team with the best winning percentage who is not a division winner).
- Four (4) teams seeded according to winning percentage, regardless of whether the team is a division winner or wild card. 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3.
- One game semi-final followed by best-of-three final. Semi-finals hosted by the higher ranked team; Finals Game 1 hosted by the lower ranked team; Finals Games 2 and 3 (if necessary) hosted by the higher ranked team.
Dominican Summer League
- Postseason begins on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.
- Six (6) division winners and two (2) wild card teams (i.e., the teams with the best winning percentage who are not a division winners).
- Eight (8) teams seeded according to winning percentage, regardless of whether the team is a division winner or wild card (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5).
- All rounds are best-of-three.