After 2,430 games to determine the top 12 teams during the regular season, the 2025 MLB playoff field is officially set. <\/p>\n
The postseason will begin on Tuesday with the best-of-three Wild Card Series, with the winners advancing to the Division Series. <\/p>\n
Here is the full schedule for the entire MLB postseason, along with odds to win the World Series. <\/p>\n
Wild Card Round (Sept. 30-Oct. 2; All Games on ESPN Networks)<\/p>\n
American League No. 1: Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n
Game 1 and 2 start at 1:08 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n
American League No. 2: Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees<\/p>\n
Game 1 and 2 start at 6:08 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n
National League No. 1: San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n
Game 1 and 2 start at 3:08 p.m. ET (ABC)<\/p>\n
National League No. 2: Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n
Game 1 and 2 start at 9:08 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n
American League Division Series (All games on Fox\/FS1)<\/p>\n
Game 1 (Oct. 4): Tigers\/Guardians winner at Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n
Game 2 (Oct. 5): Tigers\/Guardians winner at Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n
Game 3 (Oct. 7): Seattle Mariners at Tigers\/Guardians winner<\/p>\n
Game 4 (Oct. 8, if necessary): Seattle Mariners at Tigers\/Guardians winner<\/p>\n
Game 5 (Oct. 10, if necessary):Tigers\/Guardians winner at Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n
American League Division Series (All games on Fox\/FS1)<\/p>\n
Game 1 (Oct. 4): Red Sox\/Yankees winner at Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n
Game 2 (Oct. 5): Red Sox\/Yankees winner at Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n
Game 3 (Oct. 7): Toronto Blue Jays at Red Sox\/Yankees winner<\/p>\n
Game 4 (Oct. 8, if necessary): Toronto Blue Jays at Red Sox\/Yankees winner<\/p>\n
Game 5 (Oct. 10, if necessary): Red Sox\/Yankees winner at Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n
National League Division Series (All games on TBS)<\/p>\n
Game 1 (Oct. 4): Cubs\/Padres winner at Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n
Game 2 (Oct. 6): Cubs\/Padres winner at Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n
Game 3 (Oct. 8): Milwaukee Brewers at Cubs\/Padres winner<\/p>\n
Game 4 (Oct. 9, if necessary): Milwaukee Brewers at Cubs\/Padres winner<\/p>\n
Game 5 (Oct. 11, if necessary): Cubs\/Padres winner at Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n
National League Division Series (All games on TBS)<\/p>\n
Game 1 (Oct. 4): Reds\/Dodgers winner at Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n
Game 2 (Oct. 6): Reds\/Dodgers winner at Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n
Game 3 (Oct. 8): Philadelphia Phillies at Reds\/Dodgers winner<\/p>\n
Game 4 (Oct. 9, if necessary): Philadelphia Phillies at Reds\/Dodgers winner<\/p>\n
Game 5 (Oct. 11, if necessary): Reds\/Dodgers winner at Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n
American League Championship Series (All games on Fox\/FS1)<\/p>\n
Game 5 (if necessary): Oct. 17<\/p>\n
Game 6 (if necessary): Oct. 19<\/p>\n
Game 7 (if necessary): Oct. 20<\/p>\n
National League Championship Series (All games on TBS)<\/p>\n
Game 5 (if necessary): Oct. 18<\/p>\n
Game 6 (if necessary): Oct. 20<\/p>\n
Game 7 (if necessary): Oct. 21<\/p>\n
World Series (All games on Fox)<\/p>\n
Game 5 (if necessary): Oct. 29<\/p>\n
Game 6 (if necessary): Oct. 31<\/p>\n
Game 7 (if necessary): Nov. 1<\/p>\n
2025 World Series Odds (via DraftKings<\/a>)<\/p>\n Philadelphia Phillies (+425; bet $100 to win $425)Seattle Mariners (+500)Los Angeles Dodgers (+500)New York Yankees (+700)Toronto Blue Jays (+800)Milwaukee Brewers (+800)Chicago Cubs (+1400)San Diego Padres (+1500)Detroit Tigers (+1500)Boston Red Sox (+2200)Cleveland Guardians (+3000)Cincinnati Reds (+3500)<\/p>\n In a year where it was expected that one team would be a juggernaut and several others would be fighting to catch up, the regular season certainly suggested this postseason is as wide open as any in recent memory. <\/p>\n All of the focus starts with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The spring training talk of them possibly being a 120-win team<\/a> after signing Blake Snell, Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates to join an already-loaded roster didn’t pan out. <\/p>\n In fact, the Dodgers enter the postseason with a lot of bullpen questions in part because Scott and Yates did not live up to their expectations. Their lineup and starting rotation are arguably the two most formidable units in the entire playoff field, but a leaky ‘pen has cost great teams in the past. <\/p>\n Adding to the potential issues is the Dodgers will have to play in the wild card round for the first time since 2021 when it was only a one-game, winner-take-all series. They are the No. 3 seed in the NL after finishing behind the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies. <\/p>\n Despite having the best record in MLB during the regular season, the Brewers will enter the postseason looking to prove they aren’t only a 162-game team. The Phillies, even without<\/a> Zack Wheeler, are looking to finally get over the hump after losing in the NLDS last season. <\/p>\n The American League looks like pure chaos at this point. All of the handwringing about the New York Yankees throughout the regular season, yet they enter the playoffs tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the best record in the AL. Toronto won the regular-season tiebreaker, so the Yankees do have to go through the wild-card round. <\/p>\n That wasn’t even the most impressive division comeback in the junior circuit. The Cleveland Guardians, who were as many as 15.5 games out of first place in the AL Central earlier this year and 11 games back on Sept. 4, yet they stormed back to win the division title on the final day of the regular season. <\/p>\n