Editor’s Picks 1 Related<\/p>\n Beyond division races, there are many storylines to watch as the regular season comes to an end and playoffs begin: Where do current playoff matchups stand? What games should you be paying attention to each day leading up to October? Who will be the first team to clinch a postseason berth? And what does the playoff schedule look like?<\/p>\n We have everything you need to know as the regular season hits the homestretch.<\/p>\n Key links: Full MLB standings<\/a> | Wild-card standings<\/a><\/p>\n Who can clinch a playoff spot next?<\/p>\n The Tigers, Phillies, Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, Chicago Cubs<\/a>, Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> and San Diego Padres<\/a> all have at least a 99% chance of making the postseason entering the final month of the MLB season.<\/p>\n What are this October’s MLB playoff matchups as it stands now?American League<\/p>\n Wild-card round: (6) Mariners at (3) Astros, (5) Red Sox at (4) Yankees<\/p>\n ALDS: Mariners\/Astros vs. (2) Blue Jays, Red Sox\/Yankees vs. (1) Tigers<\/p>\n National League<\/p>\n Wild-card round: (6) Mets at (3) Dodgers, (5) Padres at (4) Cubs<\/p>\n NLDS: Mets\/Dodgers vs. (2) Phillies, Padres\/Cubs vs. (1) Brewers<\/p>\n Breaking down the AL race<\/p>\n The Blue Jays and Tigers enter the homestretch battling for the AL’s No. 1 seed, with Detroit all but a lock for the AL Central crown. While Toronto sits atop the AL East, the Boston Red Sox<\/a> and New York Yankees<\/a> are duking it out for wild-card seeding. And, in what seems to be a yearly September occurrence, the Houston Astros<\/a> are attempting to separate themselves from the Seattle Mariners<\/a> in a two-team AL West race.<\/p>\n And what about when these teams get to the postseason? Here’s what their chances are for every round:<\/p>\n Five teams have separated themselves atop the NL standings with the New York Mets<\/a> trying to keep a comfortable lead over the Cincinnati Reds<\/a> for the final playoff spot. The Phillies and Brewers are seemingly cruising to division titles, but there is plenty of intrigue in the NL West as the Dodgers attempt to fend off the Padres for the division crown.<\/p>\n And what about when these teams get to the postseason? Here’s what their chances are for every round:<\/p>\n Looking for something to watch today? Here’s the baseball game with the biggest playoff implications:<\/p>\n Wild-card series Game 1: Tuesday, Sept. 30 Division series ALDS NLDS League championship series ALCS NLCS World Series Game 1: Friday, Oct. 24 * If necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of teams are starting to shift their focus to October as the final month of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-114408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1539531_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\")
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Breaking down the NL race<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nl_playoffs.jpg\")
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Game of the day<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1_game_lev.jpg\")
Playoff schedule<\/p>\n
Best of three, all games at better seed’s stadium<\/p>\n
Game 2: Wednesday, Oct. 1
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 2*<\/p>\n
Best of five<\/p>\n
Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4
Game 2: Sunday, Oct. 5
Game 3: Tuesday, Oct. 7
Game 4: Wednesday, Oct. 8*
Game 5: Friday, Oct. 10*<\/p>\n
Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4
Game 2: Monday, Oct. 6
Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 9*
Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 11*<\/p>\n
Best of seven<\/p>\n
Game 1: Sunday, Oct. 12
Game 2: Monday, Oct. 13
Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 15
Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 16
Game 5: Friday, Oct. 17*
Game 6: Sunday, Oct. 19*
Game 7: Monday, Oct. 20*<\/p>\n
Game 1: Monday, Oct. 13
Game 2: Tuesday, Oct. 14
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 16
Game 4: Friday, Oct. 17
Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 18*
Game 6: Monday, Oct. 20*
Game 7: Tuesday, Oct. 21*<\/p>\n
Best of seven<\/p>\n
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 25
Game 3: Monday, Oct. 27
Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 28
Game 5: Wednesday, Oct. 29*
Game 6: Friday, Oct. 31*
Game 7: Saturday, Nov. 1*<\/p>\n