Major League Baseball detailed broadcast plans for the postseason with the action set to begin tonight at 8p with Orioles/Blue Jays at 8p on TBS, while Giants/Mets play the NL Wild Card game tomorrow at 8p on ESPN. Thursday sees the Wild Card winner facing the Rangers t 4:30p with Red Sox/Indians at 8p with four games running on Friday beginning at 1p with Game 2 of the Rangers series, followed by Red Sox/Indians at 4:30p, Dodgers/Nationals at 5:30 and the NL Wild Card winner/Cubs at 9p.

Tonight’s AL Wild Card matchup sees Ernie Johnson offering play-by-play on TBS with analysts Ron Darling and Cal Ripken, Jr. with reporter Sam Ryan with network coverage set to include a new studio layout and design; the use of virtual ballpark graphics in front and to the side of the new curved desk and a new desk that includes a curved LED monitor for graphics, statistics and sponsor information. In addition, the channel’s postseason game coverage will serve up a new top of screen score bar and corresponding graphics package; two cameras positioned at the foul poles to shoot straight up and assess fair and foul home run balls; five super slo-mo HD cameras as well as a LiveVu camera.

Meanwhile, MLB Network, which will carry Game Two of the NLDS pitting the NL Wild Card winner/Cubs as well as Game Three of the NLDS between the Nationals/Dodgers, will offer a free preview of the channel to video customers of AT&T U-verse, Comcast, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Frontier, RCN and Verizon FiOS from Oct. 6-11. In each telecast, MLB Network will offer continuous game coverage during pitching changes by using a split-screen format in commercial breaks and use for the first time Pitchcast tracking of every pitch as well as Shift Trax, to offer live and in-depth metrics about every play.