Cardinals playoffs schedule 2022: Where to watch on TV and live stream

The St. Louis Cardinals are hoping to send Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina out on a high note during the MLB playoffs in 2022.

The St. Louis Cardinals have won the National League Central and they are hoping to send Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina out on the highest note possible this offseason.

But to do that under the new playoff structure, they will have to run through the gamut of series they will face.

Under the new playoffs structure, despite winning the NL Central, they will have to play in the National League Wild Card series in a best-of-three series. As the top seed in the NL in the Wild Card round, all three games will be at home but it will still be difficult for them.

St. Louis Cardinals playoff schedule

Since the Cardinals do not have a bye in the Wild Card round, they will play their first playoff game on Friday Oct. 7. For the best-of-three Wild Card series, it will be played in three straight days if three games are needed.

If the Cardinals make it to the NLDS, that will start on Tuesday Oct. 11, meaning that they would either have one or two days off between the Wild Card round and the NLDS.

Due to the lockout to start the season, the regular season schedule was altered slightly to accommodate all 162 games and the postseason is no different.

If the Cardinals play in all five games of the NLDS, they will play on Oct. 11, Oct. 12, Oct. 14, Oct. 15, and Oct. 16. It will still follow the 2-2-1 format but there will be no travel day between Games 4 and 5, as there was in previous years.

If they reach the NLCS, they would start play on Oct. 18 through Oct. 25, if all seven games are needed. They would have a travel day between Games 2 and 3 but not between Games 5 and 6, unlike previous years.

If the Cardinals make it to the World Series, the regular 2-3-2 schedule will stay the same and the travel days would as well (after Game 2 and after Game 5). The World Series starts on October 28 and would end no later than November 5.

How to watch the Cardinals on TV

For the NLDS, the Cardinals will be on FOX or FS1 for all of their games. For the NLCS (if the Cardinals make it), they will also be on FOX or FS1. If they make it to the World Series, then all of the games will be on FOX.

How to live stream Cardinals playoff games

For Cardinals fans in North America, MLB.TV will not be available as a live option for watching the games. However, you can sign up for a free trial with fuboTV and watch Cardinals playoff games there.