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, September 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 Tuesday, Sept. 9
MLB playoff bracket if season ended today
American League
Byes: Blue Jays, Tigers
AL wild card series
Mariners at Astros
Yankees vs. Red Sox (virtual tie, Red Sox hold head-to-head tiebreaker)
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 (80-64): +3.5 games
Boston Red Sox (81-65): +3.5 games
Seattle Mariners (77-68)
Texas Rangers (76-70): 1.5 games back
Cleveland Guardians (74-70): 2.5 GB
Kansas City Royals (73-72): 4 GB
Tampa Bay Rays (72-72): 4.5 GB
NL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Chicago Cubs (82-63): +6 games
San Diego Padres (79-66): +1 game
New York Mets (76–69)
San Francisco Giants (74-71): 2 GB
Cincinnati Reds (73-72): 3 GB
Arizona Diamondbacks (72-74): 4.5 GB
St. Louis Cardinals (72-74): 4.5 GB
AL East
Toronto Blue Jays (83-61)
New York Yankees (80-64): 3 games back
Boston Red Sox (81-65): 3 GB
AL Central
Detroit Tigers (83-62)
Cleveland Guardians (74-70): 8.5 GB
Kansas City Royals (73-72): 10 GB
AL West
Houston Astros (78-67)
Seattle Mariners (77-68): 1 GB
Texas Rangers (76-70): 2.5 GB
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies (85-60)
New York Mets (76-69): 9 GB
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers (89-57)
Chicago Cubs (82-63): 6.5 GB
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers (81-64)
San Diego Padres (79-66): 2 GB
