Who Has Home Field Advantage In The World Series 2023?

Home-field advantage in the 2023 World Series will be with the team with the best regular season record. The Braves finished with the best record in the MLB.

However, the Braves must first make it past the National League Division Series and Championship Series to have that advantage. They are followed by the Baltimore Orioles, who have the second-best record of 101- 61 in Major League Baseball.

Although the Braves have the best record in the entire major league, who gets the home-field advantage during the Fall Classic event is unknown as there are a lot of uncertainties around the event. 

For example, the Dbacks have the least-best record in the National League and are seeded sixth, and the Blue Jays have the least-best record in the American League. If these teams win their respective Wild Card, Division, and Championship Series and advance to the World Series, the Blue Jays will have the advantage.

The Blue Jays finished the 2023 campaign with a record of 89-73, whereas the Dbacks finished with 84-78. Hence, having the best record in the major league is not enough to capitalize on the advantage; the team also should make it to the World Series.

Here are the twelve teams that are in the 2023 MLB playoffs ranked based on their regular season record:

1. Atlanta Braves – 104-58
2. Baltimore Orioles – 101-61
3. Los Angeles Dodgers – 100-60
4. Tampa Bay Rays – 99-63
5. Milwaukee Brewers – 92-70
6. Houston Astros – 90-72
7. Philadelphia Phillies – 90-72
8. Texas Rangers – 90-72
9. Toronto Blue Jays – 89-73
10. Minnesota Twins – 87-75
11. Miami Marlins – 84-77
12. Arizona Diamondbacks – 84-78

The Diamondbacks are the only team in the major league with no chance of getting the home-field advantage even if they make it to the World Series, as they have the worst record among the twelve teams that have qualified for the playoffs.

MLB home field advantage in playoffs is based on the seeding of the teams. The first three seeds, from 1 to 3, are seeded among the three winners of the division, with the team having the best record being seeded first and so on.

The rest of the seeds from 4 to 6 are the three teams with the best regular season record among the remaining 12 teams. There is also a chance that a team with a better record can be seeded lower.

For example, the Toronto Blue Jays finished the 2023 season with a record of 89-73, and the Minnesota Twins finished at 87-75. But the Twins won the AL Central title and are seeded at number 3, whereas the Blue Jays finished third in the AL East and are seeded at number 6.

Even though the Toronto team has a better record in the regular season than the Twins, because of the seeding, the Twins have the home-field advantage in their Wild Card Series against the Blue Jays scheduled to start on October 3.

The team with the best record in the regular season gets the home-field advantage in the World Series. The Atlanta Braves finished with the best record in 2023.

Before the 2003 MLB season, the home advantage in the Fall Classic tournament was altered between the leagues from year to year. One year, the advantage was given to the team from the National League, and the next year, the advantage shifted to whoever made it to the tournament from the American League.

During the 2002 MLB season, the All-Star Game ended in a 7-7 tie. Because of that, the MLB decided to award the advantage of having a home ballpark to the team from the league that wins the game.

The practice was implemented as a two-year trial in order to prevent the All-Star games from ending in a tie. The practice was extended after the trial period ended in 2004.

The Anaheim Angels from the American League were given the advantage of having the home stadium for four games during the 2002 World Series. It was the turn of the team from the National League to get the advantage in 2003.

However, after the change in the rule, the advantage was gained by the New York Yankees of the American League as the AL won the 2003 MLB All-Star Game. This rule was implemented till the 2016 campaign.

The team from AL won the game and thus the advantage in the Fall Classic tournament on eleven occasions during that fourteen-year span. Beginning with the 2017 season, the home-field advantage in the tournament was decided on the basis of the regular season record.

If both the league champions have the same win-loss record in the regular season, a tie-breaker is used to decide who gets to play in their ballpark four times in seven games.

MLB World Series home field advantage tiebreaker checks the head-to-head record of the two teams to break the tie. If the teams are still tied, their divisional record is compared.

Houston Astros were the team that got the home advantage during the 2021 and 2022 World Series. The advantage could not be capitalized during the 2021 campaign as the Astros lost the World Series against the Braves.

But during the 2022 campaign, the Astros capitalized on their advantage, winning two of the three games at Minute Maid Park.

The Atlanta Braves finished the 2023 MLB season with the best win-loss record. With that, they hold the home advantage over all other teams in the World Series.

They finished the season with a record of 104-58, three games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, who have the second-best record in the MLB. The Braves will start their 2023 postseason campaign on October 7 against the winner of the Wild Card Series between the Miami Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies.

The team will have the advantage of playing three of the five National League Division Series matches at Truist Park. The Braves are among the few teams in the major league who have performed well both home and away.

Atlanta has the same record in their home and away games, making them among the favorites to win the entire postseason tournament. If the franchise makes it past the Division and the Championship Series, they will have the advantage of home ballpark no matter who the opposition is.

Braves magic number for home field advantage today is zero, as they have already secured the best record in the entire major league. The Braves play their home games at Truist Park.

The franchise has been playing at the ballpark since 2017 after twenty seasons at Turner Field. The change of ballpark has proved to be successful for the team, as they have made it past the regular season in all but one year.

They also won the 2021 World Series and have won their division for the last six consecutive seasons. The franchise will be looking to capitalize on their home-field advantage and win their fifth World Series trophy.

The Braves are the favorites to win the 2023 MLB Fall Classic trophy. They have a +260 odd to go all the way and lift the title.