With a month remaining in the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the playoff races are heating up and several division races project to go down to the wire.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are locked in a back-and-forth battle atop the National League West, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are going at it in the NL West and the Toronto Blue Jays will try to fight off the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees down the stretch.
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The final day of the regular season is Sept. 28, with the postseason beginning two days later.
Here’s a look at the latest playoff picture:
(Standings through games played Thursday, Aug. 28)
AL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Boston Red Sox (75-60): +2.5 games
New York Yankees (74-60): +2 games
Texas Rangers (68-67): 4.5 GB
Cleveland Guardians (66-66): 5 GB
NL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
San Diego Padres (76-59): +3 games
San Francisco Giants (66-68): 6 GB
Arizona Diamondbacks (66-69): 6.5 GB
AL East
Toronto Blue Jays (78-56)
Boston Red Sox (75-60): 3.5 games back
New York Yankees (74-60): 4 GB
AL Central
Kansas City Royals (69-65): 8.5 GB
AL West
Seattle Mariners (72-62): 2 GB
Texas Rangers (68-67): 6.5 GB
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies (77-57)
New York Mets (72-62): 5 GB
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers (83-52)
Chicago Cubs (76-58): 6.5 GB
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers (77-57)
San Diego Padres (75-59): 2 GB
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB wild card standings, 2025 playoff picture, AL and NL standings