{"id":117322,"date":"2025-09-03T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117322\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:10:09","slug":"mlb-wild-card-standings-2025-playoff-bracket-al-and-nl-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117322\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB wild card standings, 2025 playoff bracket, AL and NL standings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mookie Betts on Shohei Ohtani’s greatness: ‘It’s unexplainable’<\/p>\n

Mookie Betts chats with Mackenzie Salmon about what it’s like to be teammates with Shohei Ohtani.<\/p>\n

Sports Seriously<\/p>\n

Coming out of Labor Day weekend, Major League Baseball<\/a>‘s playoff races look a lot more interesting than they did just a week ago.<\/p>\n

The American League wild card standings have tightened, with the Rangers’ six-game winning streak vaulting Texas to fourth place, chasing down the Seattle Mariners<\/a> who cling to the third and final postseason spot.<\/p>\n

In the NL Central, the Chicago Cubs<\/a> carved a few games out of the Brewers’ division lead over the past two weeks and while a comeback probably isn’t the cards, they’re in good position to make Milwaukee sweat a bit into September.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the latest MLB standings:<\/p>\n

Updated through games played Tuesday, Sept. 2AL wild card standings<\/p>\n

Top three reach playoffs<\/p>\n

New York Yankees<\/a> (77-61): +4.5 gamesBoston Red Sox<\/a> (78-62): +4.5 gamesSeattle Mariners (73-66)Texas Rangers<\/a> (72-68): 1.5 games backKansas City Royals<\/a> (70-68): 2.5 GBTampa Bay Rays (69-69): 3.5 GBCleveland Guardians (68-69): 4 GBNL wild card standings<\/p>\n

Top three reach playoffs<\/p>\n

Chicago Cubs (80-59): +5 gamesSan Diego Padres<\/a> (76-63): +1 gameNew York Mets<\/a> (75\u201364)Cincinnati Reds<\/a> (70-69): 5 games backSan Francisco Giants (70-69): 5 GBArizona Diamondbacks (69-71): 6.5 GBSt. Louis Cardinals<\/a> (69-71): 6.5 GBAL EastToronto Blue Jays (80-59New York Yankees (77-61): 2.5 games backBoston Red Sox (78-62): 2.5 GBAL CentralDetroit Tigers<\/a> (80-60)Kansas City Royals (70-68): 9 GBAL WestHouston Astros (76-63)Seattle Mariners (73-66): 3 GBTexas Rangers (72-68): 4.5 GBNL EastPhiladelphia Phillies (80-58)New York Mets (75-64): 5.5 GBNL CentralMilwaukee Brewers<\/a> (85-54)Chicago Cubs (80-59): 5 GBNL WestLos Angeles Dodgers (78-60)San Diego Padres (76-63): 2.5 GBMLB playoff bracket if season ended todayAmerican LeagueByes to ALDS: Tigers, Blue JaysWild Card SeriesSeattle Mariners at Houston AstrosNew York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox (Boston wins tiebreaker)American LeagueByes to NLDS: Brewers, PhilliesWild Card SeriesNew York Mets at Los Angeles DodgersSan Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mookie Betts on Shohei Ohtani’s greatness: ‘It’s unexplainable’ Mookie Betts chats with Mackenzie Salmon about what it’s like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[3307,3333,3959,7671,49,48,6396,6681,508,10391,3983,8497,1501,12389,8823,490,6828,1435,474,1571,56283,16516,513,1502,7670,493,462,1327,1342,47,2349,5268,475,3980,44,1333,1345,7673,1334,11714,1439,1521,13647,7666,477,3009,7675,470,7665,457,6367,82,865,1437,3982,6363,1320,544,3992,1432,1335,1505,5841],"class_list":["post-117322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-brewers","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cardinals","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-city","tag-cubs","tag-day","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-diego","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-labor","tag-labor-day","tag-louis","tag-mariners","tag-mets","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-national","tag-national-sports","tag-new","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-padres","tag-positive","tag-rangers","tag-red","tag-reds","tag-royals","tag-san","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-scores","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sox","tag-sport","tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-st","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-statistics","tag-story","tag-texas","tag-texas-rangers","tag-tigers","tag-u0026","tag-yankees","tag-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322","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=117322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}