Less than three weeks remain in the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season and while the field is largely set in stone, at least three division races will go down to the wire and the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets will have to fight off challengers for the final wild card spots.
The Philadelphia Phillies have buried the Mets in the NL East, while New York’s four-game losing streak opened things up for the Giants, Reds, Diamondbacks and Cardinals to get within 4.5 games for the NL’s final wild card spot.
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Meawhile, the Texas Rangers have been red-hot and enter Wednesday trailing the Houston Astros by just one game in the AL West.
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The regular season ends on Sunday, September 28, with the best-of-three wild card series beginning two days later. The top two division winners in each league advance directly to the Division Series.
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Here’s a look at the latest standings and bracket:
Through games played Tuesday, Sept. 9MLB playoff bracket if season ended todayAmerican League
AL wild card series
Yankees vs. Red Sox (virtual tie, Red Sox hold head-to-head tiebreaker)
National LeagueAL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Tampa Bay Rays (72-72): 4.5 GB
NL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
AL East
New York Yankees (80-64): 3 games back
Boston Red Sox (81-65): 3 GB
AL Central
Cleveland Guardians (74-70): 8.5 GB
Kansas City Royals (73-72): 10 GB
AL West
Seattle Mariners (77-68): 1 GB
Texas Rangers (76-70): 2.5 GB
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies (85-60)
New York Mets (76-69): 9 GB
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers (89-57)
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers (81-64)
San Diego Padres (79-66): 2 GB
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB wild card standings, 2025 playoff picture, bracket, AL and NL race