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The 2025Â MLB regular season is in its final month. As the calendar flips to September, playoff races are coming into focus, some more than others. The AL Central, for instance, has been all but locked up for months as the Detroit Tigers have dominated the division. The Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers also hold comfortable leads in the NL East and NL Central, respectively. The AL West remains much tighter as the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners jockey for first place, as do the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in the NL West. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, have seen their AL East lead shrink dramatically in recent days.
Both wild card races are heated as well, with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Mariners holding playoff berths in the American League and Chicago Cubs, Padres and New York Mets making the bracket in the National League.
As a reminder, MLB now grants 12 playoff berths — a total of six to the division winners and then three wild card berths in each league. The top two division winners in each league as measured by overall record are rewarded with first-round byes, which means they won’t have to play in the best-of-three Wild Card Series that functions as that first round. The 2025 MLB postseason gets started on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
Now let’s get you caught up on the bracket, standings and more. All division and postseason projections referenced in the standings come from SportsLine.
2025 MLB playoff picture
If the season ended today…
AL byes: No. 1 Blue Jays and No. 2 Tigers
AL Wild Card Series: No. 3 Astros vs. No. 6 Mariners
No. 4 Yankees vs. No. 5 Red Sox
NL byes: No. 1 Brewers and No. 2 Phillies
NL Wild Card Series: No. 3 Dodgers vs. No. 6 Mets
No. 4 Cubs vs. No. 5 Padres
American League standings National League standings MLB wild card standings
New York Yankees
77
62
+4.5
Boston Red Sox
78
63
+4.5
Seattle Mariners
73
67
—
Texas Rangers
72
69
1.5
Kansas City Royals
70
69
2.5
Tampa Bay Rays
70
69
2.5
Cleveland Guardians
69
69
3.0
Chicago Cubs
80
60
+5.0
San Diego Padres
76
64
+1.0
New York Mets
75
65
—
San Francisco Giants
71
69
4.0
Cincinnati Reds
70
70
5.0
Arizona Diamondbacks
70
71
5.5
St. Louis Cardinals
70
71
5.5
2025 World Series odds
(All odds via Caesars as of Sept. 2)
Los Angeles Dodgers (+350)Milwaukee Brewers (+700)Detroit Tigers (+750)Philadelphia Phillies (+750)New York Yankees (+800)Toronto Blue Jays (+1000)Houston Astros (+1100)San Diego Padres (+1200)Boston Red Sox (+1500)Chicago Cubs (+1500)Seattle Mariners (+1500)New York Mets (+1500)Texas Rangers (+6000)San Francisco Giants (+12500)Kansas City Royals (+15000)Tampa Bay Rays (+15000)Cleveland Guardians (+20000)Cincinnati Reds (+20000)St. Louis Cardinals (+50000)Arizona Diamondbacks (+50000)