It is the ultimate weekend of the 2025 MLB common season and the Main League Baseball playoff image is sort of full. 9 groups have secured their spots within the postseason, because the Pink Sox clinched a wild card berth Friday evening.
The Brewers, Phillies, Cubs and Padres are additionally arrange within the NL postseason bracket, with Milwaukee and Philadelphia clinching the opposite two divisions. The third and ultimate NL wild card spot is up for grabs and the Mets and Reds are jostling for that berth in a struggle that appears destined to go all the way down to the wire.
The American League is extra muddied. The Blue Jays and Yankees are locked in a useless warmth for the AL East title, although Toronto holds the tiebreaker. Whoever does not pull off the division win will head to October as the highest AL wild card workforce. Within the AL Central, the Guardians try to drag off a history-making comeback to take the division from the Tigers, who’re hanging on by their fingernails. The Mariners have clinched the AL West for the primary time since 2001 and secured a first-round bye, however the No. 1 seed remains to be up for grabs. The Pink Sox maintain the second wild card spot whereas the Tigers and Astros are all scrambling for the ultimate two place.
What’s at stake in ultimate weekend of MLB common season? The place issues stand with three video games left
R.J. Anderson
As a reminder, MLB now grants 12 playoff berths — a complete of six to the division winners after which three wild card berths in every league. The highest two division winners in every league as measured by general file are rewarded with first-round byes, which suggests they will not must play within the best-of-three Wild Card Collection that capabilities as that first spherical. The 2025 MLB postseason will get began on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
Now let’s get you caught up on the bracket, standings and extra. All division and postseason projections referenced within the standings come from SportsLine.
2025 MLB playoff image
If the season ended in the present day…
AL byes: No. 1 Blue Jays and No. 2 Mariners
AL Wild Card Collection: No. 3 Guardians vs. No. 6 Tigers
No. 4 Yankees vs. No. 5 Pink Sox
NL byes: No. 1 Brewers and No. 2 Phillies
NL Wild Card Collection: No. 3 Dodgers vs. No. 6 Reds
No. 4 Cubs vs. No. 5 Padres
Saturday’s MLB playoff clinch situations
- The Blue Jays can clinch the AL East with a win AND a Yankees loss.
- The Guardians can clinch a playoff berth with a win OR a loss by the Astros.
- The Guardians can clinch the AL Central with a win AND a loss by the Astros.
- The Tigers can clinch a playoff berth with a win OR a loss by the Astros.
- The Reds can clinch a playoff berth with a win AND a loss by the Mets.
Notable tiebreakers
American League
- The Yankees have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Mariners.
- The Mariners have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Pink Sox.
- The Guardians have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Astros and Tigers.
- The Tigers at present have the tiebreaker in opposition to the Pink Sox and have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Astros.
- The Pink Sox have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Guardians and Astros.
Nationwide League
- The Brewers have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Phillies.
- The Reds have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Mets and Diamondbacks.
- The Diamondbacks have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Mets.
A two-team tiebreaker is set by head-to-head file. If the groups cut up the season sequence, it’s determined by intradivision file (file inside their very own division), even when the groups don’t share a division.
A 3-team tiebreaker is set by the best profitable share amongst three tied groups in intradivision video games.
American League standings
Nationwide League standings
x – clinched division
y – clinched wild card spot
z – clinched playoff berth
e – eradicated
MLB wild card standings
|
New York Yankees – y |
92 |
68 |
+6.0 |
|
Boston Pink Sox – y |
88 |
72 |
+2.0 |
|
Detroit Tigers |
86 |
74 |
— |
|
Houston Astros |
85 |
75 |
1.0 |
|
Chicago Cubs – y |
90 |
70 |
+8.0 |
|
San Diego Padres – y |
88 |
72 |
+6.0 |
|
Cincinnati Reds |
82 |
78 |
— |
|
New York Mets |
82 |
78 |
— |
2025 World Collection odds
(All odds by way of Caesars as of Sept. 27)
- Philadelphia Phillies: +425
- Los Angeles Dodgers: +500
- Seattle Mariners: +500
- New York Yankees: +675
- Milwaukee Brewers: +700
- Toronto Blue Jays: +900
- San Diego Padres: +1200
- Chicago Cubs: +1600
- Boston Pink Sox: +1800
- Detroit Tigers: +1900
- Cleveland Guardians: +2200
- Cincinnati Reds: +3000
- New York Mets: +3300
- Houston Astros: +10000
