NEW YORK — The World Series Champion gets a full postseason share Houston Astros A record $516,347 was earned from a player pool totaling $107.5 million. This record also occurred in the first season when the playoffs were extended to 12 teams.
According to the commissioner’s office, $38.7million was split into 59 shares, 14.14 shares, and $940,000 in cash prizes. The winner’s share was higher than the $438,902 Houston had previously set in 2017. Additionally, the pool reached $90.47 million last year.
For the National League champion, a full share Philadelphia Phillies It came out to $296,255. The Phillies divided $25.8million into 72 shares, 15.03 parts shares, and $20,000 in cash prizes.
This year, full shares were available for all other playoff teams:
• San Diego Padres, $152,709
• New York Yankees, $145,820
• Cleveland Guardians, $45,795
• Atlanta Braves, $44,878
• Seattle Mariners, $42,221
• Los Angeles Dodgers, $36,148
• St. Louis Cardinals, $10,351
• Toronto Blue Jays, $10,007
• New York Mets, $9,480
• Tampa Bay Rays, $8,387
60% of the pool is made up of the first two wild-card games, the first three division games and the first four games from each league championship series.