With about 10 games remaining in the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the pennant races are heating up with several divisions and both wild-card races going down to the wire.
The red-hot Seattle Mariners overtook the Houston Astros atop the American League West, with the two teams squaring off in a season-defining series Daikin Park that begins Friday, Sept. 19.
The Los Angeles Dodgers try to continue fighting off the San Diego Padres for the NL West lead, while a six-game winning streak for the Toronto Blue Jays may have put the AL East to bed. In the NL wild-card standings, the New York Mets’ eight-game skid opened the door for the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants to get back into contention.
Here’s the latest look at the 2025 MLB playoff picture:
Entering play Wednesday, Sept. 17
MLB playoff bracket if season ended today
American League
Byes: Blue Jays, Tigers
AL wild card series
Astros at Yankees
Red Sox at Mariners
National League
Byes: Brewers, Phillies
NL wild card series
Mets at Dodgers
Padres at Cubs
AL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
New York Yankees (84-67): +2.5 games
Houston Astros (83-69): +0.5 games
Boston Red Sox (82-69)
Cleveland Guardians (79-71): 2.5 games back
Texas Rangers (79-73): 3.5 GB
Kansas City Royals (75-76): 7 GB
NL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Chicago Cubs (87-64): +9 games
San Diego Padres (82-69): +4 games
New York Mets (78–73)
Arizona Diamondbacks (77-75): 1.5 GB
Cincinnati Reds (75-76): 3 GB
San Francisco Giants (75-76): 3 GB
St. Louis Cardinals (74-78): 4.5 GB
AL East
Toronto Blue Jays (89-62)
New York Yankees (84-67): 5 games back
Boston Red Sox (82-69): 7 GB
AL Central
Detroit Tigers (85-66)
Cleveland Guardians (79-71): 5.5 GB
Kansas City Royals (75-76): 10 GB
AL West
Seattle Mariners (83-68)
Houston Astros (83-69): 0.5 GB
Texas Rangers (79-73): 4.5 GB
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies (91-61) – clinched NL East title on Sept. 15
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers (92-59) – clinched playoff berth
Chicago Cubs (87-64): 5 GB
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers (84-67)
San Diego Padres (82-69): 2 GB