End of Round Two

Sixteen teams remain. 

Seven of them -- the Twins, the Brewers and the Reds of the Great Lakes bracket; the Braves and Cardinals of the Dixie bracket; the Nationals of the Metroplex bracket; and the Dodgers of the West bracket -- are from the 2019 season.

Four are from 1973: the Expos and Orioles of the Metroplex bracket and the A's and Giants of the West.

Three are from 2009: the Marlins of the Dixie bracket, the Rockies of the West and the Blue Jays of the Great Lakes.

One is from 1969: The Yankees of the Metroplex

One is from 1961: The Cardinals of the Dixie.

One franchise (the St. Louis Cardinals) has two teams still alive. Two of the wild card teams are still alive.

Two No.1 seeds remain.

Three No. 2 seeds remain.

One No. 3 seed remains

Two No. 4 seeds remain.

The other eight teams are seeded 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 11 and 13. That last is the 1973 Expos in the Metroplex bracket.

The third round pairings, higher seed first:

West: 2019 Dodgers (1) vs. 2009 Rockies (5); 1973 A's (2) vs. 1973 Giants (6)

Dixie: 2019 Braves (2) vs. 2009 Marlins (6); 2019 Cardinals (4) vs. 1961 Cardinals (8)

Great Lakes: 2019 Twins (1) vs. 2019 Brewers (4); 2019 Reds (10) vs. 2009 Blue Jays (11)

Metroplex: 2019 Nationals (2) vs. 1973 Orioles (3); 1961 Yankees (8) vs. 1973 Expos (13)