{"id":176869,"date":"2025-09-29T05:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176869\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T05:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:50:15","slug":"2025-mlb-playoffs-schedule-postseason-bracket-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176869\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 MLB playoffs: Schedule, postseason bracket, standings"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a thrilling final day of the regular season, the 2025 MLB playoffs are finally here!<\/p>\n

Entering Sunday’s Game 162, there were still two division titles and one wild-card spot up for grabs. The National League playoff picture was mostly set, though the New York Mets<\/a> and Cincinnati Reds<\/a> were fighting for the final wild card. Both lost their respective games Sunday, so the Reds secured their spot in October via a tiebreaker. In the American League playoff picture, both the AL East and AL Central titles were undecided Sunday. The New York Yankees<\/a> and Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> were tied going into the final day, as were the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> and Detroit Tigers<\/a>. Toronto won its game Sunday to win the division and the AL’s top seed, and Cleveland took the Central title.<\/p>\n

For the fourth year, the 12-team postseason will kick off with an action-packed wild-card round that starts Tuesday on ESPN, featuring eight teams battling for four spots to advance to the eight-team division series.<\/p>\n

From the first pitch of the wild-card games to the last out of the World Series, we’ve got you covered with the postseason bracket, schedules, results and how to watch every game this October.<\/p>\n

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MLB playoffs preview: World Series odds, why every team could win and each team’s fatal flaws<\/a><\/p>\n

The 12-team playoff field is set<\/a><\/p>\n

American League Wild Card SeriesWatch: MLB Wild Card Series<\/p>\n

Eight teams will take the field, but only four will move on. Watch every wild-card series matchup through Thursday on ESPN and ABC.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s schedule:<\/p>\n

DET @ CLE: 1:08 p.m. on ESPN
SD @ CHC: 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC
BOS @ NYY: 6:08 p.m. on ESPN
CIN @ LAD: 9:08 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/p>\n

Best-of-three series<\/p>\n

All times ET<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n

Game 1: Tuesday at 1:08 p.m. (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Wednesday at 1:08 p.m. (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Game 3*: Thursday at TBD (ESPN)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Boston Red Sox<\/a> at New York Yankees<\/p>\n

Game 1: Tuesday at 6:08 p.m. (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Game 3*: Thursday at TBD (ESPN)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

National League Wild Card Series<\/p>\n

Best-of-three series<\/p>\n

All times ET<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 1: Tuesday at 9:08 p.m. (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Wednesday at 9:08 p.m. (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Game 3*: Thursday at TBD (ESPN)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

San Diego Padres<\/a> at Chicago Cubs<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 1: Tuesday at 3:08 p.m. (ABC)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Wednesday at 3:08 p.m. (ABC)<\/p>\n

Game 3*: Thursday at TBD (ABC) <\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

American League Division Series<\/p>\n

Best-of-five series<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Seattle Mariners<\/a> vs. winner of Tigers-Guardians<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD at Mariners, Saturday, Oct. 4 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 2: TBD at Mariners, Sunday, Oct. 5 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Mariners at TBD, Tuesday, Oct. 7 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 4*: Mariners at TBD, Wednesday, Oct. 8 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: TBD at Mariners, Friday, Oct. 10 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Toronto Blue Jays vs. winner of Red Sox-Yankees<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD at 1 seed, Saturday, Oct. 4 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 2: TBD at 1 seed, Sunday, Oct. 5 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 3: 1 seed at TBD, Tuesday, Oct. 7 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 4*: 1 seed at TBD, Wednesday, Oct. 8 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: TBD at 1 seed, Friday, Oct. 10 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

National League Division Series<\/p>\n

Best-of-five series<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> vs. winner of Reds-Dodgers<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

1 Related<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD at Phillies, Saturday, Oct. 4 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 2: TBD at Phillies, Monday, Oct. 6 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Phillies at TBD, Wednesday, Oct. 8 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 4*: Phillies at TBD, Thursday, Oct. 9 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: TBD at Phillies, Saturday, Oct. 11 (TBS)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> vs. winner of Padres-Cubs<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD at Brewers, Saturday, Oct. 4 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 2: TBD at Brewers, Monday, Oct. 6 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Brewers at TBD, Wednesday, Oct. 8 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 4*: Brewers at TBD, Thursday, Oct. 9 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: TBD at Brewers, Saturday, Oct. 11 (TBS)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

American League Championship Series<\/p>\n

Best-of-seven series<\/p>\n

Game 1: Sunday, Oct. 12 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Monday, Oct. 13 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 15 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 16 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: Friday, Oct. 17 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 6*: Sunday, Oct. 19 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

Game 7*: Monday, Oct. 20 (FOX\/FS1)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

National League Championship Series<\/p>\n

Best-of-seven series<\/p>\n

Game 1: Monday, Oct. 13 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Tuesday, Oct. 14 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 16 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 4: Friday, Oct. 17 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: Saturday, Oct. 18 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 6*: Monday, Oct. 20 (TBS)<\/p>\n

Game 7*: Tuesday, Oct. 21 (TBS)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n

World Series<\/p>\n

Best-of-seven series<\/p>\n

Game 1: Friday, Oct. 24 (FOX)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 25 (FOX)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Monday, Oct. 27 (FOX)<\/p>\n

Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 28 (FOX)<\/p>\n

Game 5*: Wednesday, Oct. 29 (FOX)<\/p>\n

Game 6*: Friday, Oct. 31 (FOX)<\/p>\n

Game 7*: Saturday, Nov. 1 (FOX)<\/p>\n

*if necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a thrilling final day of the regular season, the 2025 MLB playoffs are finally here! Entering Sunday’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-176869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176869","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=176869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}