| 2017 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 2 – November 1, 2017 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| TV partner(s) | Fox/FS1, TBS, ESPN, MLB Network |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Royce Lewis |
| Picked by | Minnesota Twins |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Jose Altuve (HOU) NL: Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) |
| Postseason | |
| AL champions | Houston Astros |
| AL runners-up | New York Yankees |
| NL champions | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Houston Astros |
| Runners-up | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| World Series MVP | George Springer (HOU) |
The 2017 Major League Baseball season began on April 2 with three games, including the 2016 World Series champions Chicago Cubs facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals, the regular season ended in late September. The postseason began on October 3. The World Series began October 24 and Game 7 was played on November 1, in which the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, to capture their first World Series championship in franchise history.
The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 11 at Marlins Park, the home of the Miami Marlins. For the first time since 2002 when the game ended in a tie, the All Star Game did not determine home field advantage for the World Series. Instead, home field advantage was awarded to the team with the better regular season record. The American League won 2–1 in 10 innings.[1][2]
After the 2019 season, Mike Fiers alleged that the 2017 Astros used technology to illicitly steal their opponents' signs and relay it to their hitters. The Astros used this method throughout the 2017 season, and part of the 2018 season.[3] MLB and the Astros opened an investigation into this sign stealing allegation.[4] MLB found the Astros used technology to cheat during their 2017 season and suspended Astros' manager A. J. Hinch and Astros' general manager Jeff Luhnow for one year;[5] the Astros fired Luhnow and Hinch the same day. Alex Cora, who was the Astros bench coach in 2017 and the Red Sox manager from 2018 to 2019, parted ways with the Red Sox after the scandal broke.[6][7]
- ^ Justice, Richard (December 1, 2016). "Peace & glove: Owners, players reach CBA deal". MLB.com. Irving, Texas: MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
Most of the changes were regarding issues that had been discussed for weeks, but one surprising twist is that home-field advantage in the World Series will no longer be tied to the All-Star Game, as first reported by The Associated Press. Instead, the pennant winner with the better regular-season record will get home-field advantage in the Fall Classic.
- ^ Blum, Ronald (December 1, 2016). "All-Star Game no longer determines Series start". Associated Press. New York City: AP News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^ Tyler Kepner (November 14, 2019). "After Reports of Astros' Cheating, M.L.B. Is Left to Restore Trust". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Baseball investigates Houston Astros' alleged video theft of signs". NBC News. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Astros manager, GM suspended, team fined for cheating during 2017 championship season: reports". Fox News. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "Astros' Jeff Luhnow, AJ Hinch fired for sign stealing". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ Casella, Paul (January 14, 2020). "Red Sox part ways with manager Alex Cora". MLB.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.