Watch MLB’s first female umpire make her first official call
Jen Pawol made history as the first female umpire behind home plate in MLB. Now, she’s making her first call at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
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.
Meawhile, the Texas Rangers have been red-hot and enter Wednesday trailing the Houston Astros by just one game in the AL West.
The regular season ends on Sunday, Sept. 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.
Here’s a look at the latest standings and bracket:
Through games played Wednesday, Sept. 10MLB playoff bracket if season ended todayAmerican LeagueByes: Blue Jays, TigersAL wild card seriesMariners at AstrosYankees vs. Red Sox (virtual tie, Red Sox hold head-to-head tiebreaker)National LeagueByes: Brewers, PhilliesNL wild card seriesMets at DodgersPadres at CubsAL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
New York Yankees (80-65): +3.5 gamesBoston Red Sox (81-66): +3.5 gamesSeattle Mariners (78-68)Texas Rangers (77-70): 1.5 games backCleveland Guardians (74-71): 3.5 GBKansas City Royals (74-72): 4 GBTampa Bay Rays (72-73): 5.5 GBNL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Chicago Cubs (83-63): +7 gamesSan Diego Padres (79-67): +3 gamesNew York Mets (76–70)San Francisco Giants (74-72): 2 GBCincinnati Reds (74-72): 2 GBArizona Diamondbacks (73-74): 3.5 GBSt. Louis Cardinals (72-75): 4.5 GBAL EastToronto Blue Jays (83-62)New York Yankees (80-65): 3 games backBoston Red Sox (81-66): 3 GBAL CentralDetroit Tigers (84-62)Cleveland Guardians (74-71): 9.5 GBKansas City Royals (74-72): 10 GBHouston Astros (79-67)Seattle Mariners (78-68): 1 GBTexas Rangers (77-70): 2.5 GBNL EastPhiladelphia Phillies (86-60)New York Mets (76-70): 10 GBNL CentralMilwaukee Brewers (89-58)Chicago Cubs (83-63): 5.5 GBNL WestLos Angeles Dodgers (82-64)San Diego Padres (79-67): 3 GB