{"id":154417,"date":"2025-09-19T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154417\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:17:14","slug":"mlb-playoff-watch-dodgers-closing-in-on-postseason-beth-bracket-clinching-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154417\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB playoff watch: Dodgers closing in on postseason beth; bracket, clinching scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entering play on Friday, here\u2019s where every contending team stands with 10 days remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s in?<\/p>\n

Tickets already punched:<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Brewers, <\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Phillies, <\/p>\n

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Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n

The Cubs joined the Brewers and Phillies among the teams that have clinched a postseason berth two days ago. It is the Cubs\u2019 first trip to the postseason since 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s next?<\/p>\n

On the brink of clinching a playoff spot:<\/p>\n

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Toronto Blue Jays, <\/p>\n

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Detroit Tigers, <\/p>\n

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New York Yankees, <\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Dodgers, <\/p>\n

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San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays\u2019 magic number for a playoff berth is two, and Toronto\u2019s magic number to win the AL East is six. Meanwhile, the Dodgers lowered their magic number for a playoff spot to one after a 2-1 win over the Giants.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s clinging to life?<\/p>\n

It’s gonna be interesting:<\/p>\n

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New York Mets, <\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants, <\/p>\n

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Arizona Diamondbacks, <\/p>\n

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Cincinnati Reds, <\/p>\n

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Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n

After a dominating show in Detroit, Cleveland has its eyes on the AL Central. The Guardians are now just 3 1\/2 games behind the Tigers, and 1 1\/2 games back from locking up a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

A 6-1 win over the Padres on Thursday helped the Mets gain some more ground in the NL wild-card race. The team now sits two games ahead of the Reds and the Diamondbacks, who will begin a three-game set against the No. 2 seed Philadelphia before facing the Dodgers in consecutive series at home.<\/p>\n

If the playoffs started todayAmerican League<\/p>\n

Toronto and Detroit would receive first-round byes after finishing as the AL\u2019s No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. Toronto would also have home-field advantage through the ALCS for finishing with the league\u2019s best record.<\/p>\n

AL Wild Card Series: No. 6 Red Sox at No. 3 Mariners; No. 5 Astros at No. 4 Yankees.<\/p>\n

ALDS: Red Sox\/Mariners vs. Tigers; Yankees\/Astros vs. Blue Jays<\/p>\n

National League<\/p>\n

The Brewers and Phillies would enter as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, both receiving first-round byes. Should the Brewers make it to the World Series, they\u2019d maintain home-field advantage due to ending with the sport\u2019s best record.<\/p>\n

NL Wild Card Series: No. 6 Mets at No. 3 Dodgers; No. 5 Padres at No. 4 Cubs.<\/p>\n

NLDS: Dodgers\/Mets vs. Phillies, Cubs\/Padres vs. Brewers<\/p>\n

What to watch Friday<\/p>\n

Giants at Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw will make the final regular-season home start of his decorated career in a game that could clinch the Dodgers a postseason berth with a win.<\/p>\n

Mariners at Astros: After beating the Royals on Thursday, the Mariners are now tied with the Astros for the top of the American League West. The team now heads to Houston for a pivotal three-game series with a playoff tiebreaker on the line.<\/p>\n

Guardians at Twins: Fresh off a sweep of the No. 2-seeded Tigers, the Guardians will look to capitalize on their momentum in the first of three games against fourth-place Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u00a0(Photo of Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw celebrating Thursday\u2019s win: Ronald Martinez \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entering play on Friday, here\u2019s where every contending team stands with 10 days remaining in the regular season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[592,64,63,5156,5158,5258,5260,5163,1187,5159,591,2704,2365,5157,5162,85,5161],"class_list":["post-154417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-houston-astros","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}