MLB playoff picture 2025: Wild card, AL and NL standings

Lower than per week stays within the 2025 MLB common season, and the Main League Baseball playoff image is coming right into a sharper focus — in most races. Seven groups have secured their spots within the postseason, because the Yankees and Mariners each clinched wild card berths Tuesday evening (each are nonetheless combating for division titles within the AL East and AL West, respectively).

The Brewers, Phillies, Dodgers, Cubs and Padres arrange within the NL postseason bracket. Milwaukee and Philadelphia have clinched their respective divisions. The third and last NL wild card spot is up for grabs, and three groups are within the combine. The Mets, Reds and Diamondbacks are jostling for that berth in a combat that appears destined to go all the way down to the wire, with the Cardinals and shocking Marlins not far behind.

There’s much more to be determined within the American League. The Jays will now attempt to maintain off the Yankees to seize the AL East title. The Yankees have a agency grip on the highest wild card spot, and the Mariners have the within observe on the AL West crown after sweeping the Astros in a key sequence final weekend. After that, it will get extra difficult. There are 4 groups battling for the three different spots, and some essential sequence this week.

The Tigers, Purple Sox, Guardians and Astros all entered the week with both 85 or 84 wins. The Tigers, attempting to keep away from a historic collapse, are battling the Guardians this week in Cleveland. Then Detroit finishes the common season in Boston in opposition to the Purple Sox.

As a reminder, MLB now grants 12 playoff berths — a complete of six to the division winners after which three wild card berths in every league. The highest two division winners in every league as measured by general file are rewarded with first-round byes, which implies they will not need to play within the best-of-three Wild Card Sequence that features as that first spherical. The 2025 MLB postseason will get began on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

Now let’s get you caught up on the bracket, standings and extra. All division and postseason projections referenced within the standings come from SportsLine.

2025 MLB playoff image

If the season ended at present…
AL byes: No. 1 Blue Jays and No. 2 Mariners
AL Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Guardians vs. No. 6 Tigers
No. 4 Yankees vs. No. 5 Purple Sox

NL byes: No. 1 Brewers and No. 2 Phillies
NL Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Dodgers vs. No. 6 Mets
No. 4 Cubs vs. No. 5 Padres

Thursday’s MLB playoff clinch situations

• The Dodgers can clinch the NL West.
• The Purple Sox can clinch a playoff berth.
• The Guardians can clinch a playoff berth.
• The Brewers clinch home-field benefit.

Notable tiebreakers

American League

• The Blue Jays have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Yankees, Mariners, Purple Sox and Tigers.
• The Yankees have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Mariners.
• The Mariners have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Astros, Tigers, Purple Sox and Guardians.
• The Guardians have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Yankees, Astros and Tigers.
• The Tigers at present have the tiebreaker in opposition to the Purple Sox and have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Astros and Yankees.
• The Purple Sox have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Yankees, Guardians and Astros.
• The Astros have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Blue Jays.

Nationwide League

• The Brewers have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Phillies.
• The Phillies have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Dodgers.
• The Dodgers have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Padres.
• The Padres have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Cubs and Mets.
• The Reds have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Mets and Diamondbacks. 
• The Diamondbacks have secured the tiebreaker in opposition to the Mets.

A two-team tiebreaker is set by head-to-head file. If the groups cut up the season sequence, it’s determined by intradivision file (file inside their very own division), even when the groups don’t share a division.

A 3-team tiebreaker is set by the very best profitable share amongst three tied groups in intradivision video games.

American League standings

Nationwide League standings

x – clinched division
y – clinched wild card spot
z – clinched playoff berth
e – eradicated

MLB wild card standings

2025 World Sequence odds

(All odds through Caesars as of Sept. 25)

• Philadelphia Phillies: +450
• Los Angeles Dodgers: +475
• Seattle Mariners: +475
• Milwaukee Brewers: +600
• New York Yankees: +725
• Toronto Blue Jays: +900
• San Diego Padres: +1200
• Chicago Cubs: +1500
• Cleveland Guardians: +2000
• Detroit Tigers: +2000
• Boston Purple Sox: +2000
• New York Mets: +2300
• Houston Astros: +5500