2025 MLB playoff picture: Baseball standings, postseason projections, odds as regular season enters last month

As September rolls in, let's check on the current playoff bracket

By Kate Feldman

Sep 5, 2025 at 8:34 am ET • 2 min read

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The 2025 MLB regular season is in its final month. As the calendar flips to September, playoff races are coming into focus, some more than others. The AL Central, for instance, has been all but locked up for months as the Detroit Tigers have dominated the division. The Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers also hold comfortable leads in the NL East and NL Central, respectively. The AL West remains much tighter as the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners jockey for first place, as do the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in the NL West. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, have seen their AL East lead shrink dramatically in recent days.

Both wild card races are heated as well, with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Mariners holding playoff berths in the American League and Chicago Cubs, Padres and New York Mets making the bracket in the National League.

As a reminder, MLB now grants 12 playoff berths -- a total of six to the division winners and then three wild card berths in each league. The top two division winners in each league as measured by overall record are rewarded with first-round byes, which means they won't have to play in the best-of-three Wild Card Series that functions as that first round. The 2025 MLB postseason gets started on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

Now let's get you caught up on the bracket, standings and more. All division and postseason projections referenced in the standings come from SportsLine.

2025 MLB playoff picture

If the season ended today...
AL byes: No. 1 Blue Jays and No. 2 Tigers
AL Wild Card Series: No. 3 Astros vs. No. 6 Mariners
No. 4 Yankees vs. No. 5 Red Sox

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

American League standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Div	Post
Toronto Blue Jays	81	59	--	71.0%	99.9%
New York Yankees	78	62	3.0	21.7%	99.9%
Boston Red Sox	78	63	3.5	7.3%	97.2%
Tampa Bay Rays	71	69	10.0	0.0%	8.8%
Baltimore Orioles	64	76	17.0	0.0%	0.0%

AL Central	W	L	GB	Div	Post
Detroit Tigers	81	60	--	99.9%	100.0%
Kansas City Royals	71	69	9.5	0.0%	5.9%
Cleveland Guardians	69	70	11.0	0.0%	3.3%
Minnesota Twins	62	78	18.5	0.0%	0.0%
Chicago White Sox - e	53	88	28.0	0.0%	0.0%

AL West	W	L	GB	Div	Post
Houston Astros	77	64	--	48.2%	879.7%
Seattle Mariners	73	67	3.5	46.2%	84.4%
Texas Rangers	72	69	5.0	5.4%	20.6%
Los Angeles Angels	66	74	10.5	0.0%	<1.0%
Athletics	64	77	13.0	0.0%	0.0%

National League standings

NL East	W	L	GB	Div	Post
Philadelphia Phillies	81	59	--	97.4%	100.0%
New York Mets	75	65	6.0	2.6%	84.2%
Miami Marlins	65	75	16.0	0.0%	0.0%
Atlanta Braves	63	77	18.0	0.0%	0.0%
Washington Nationals	56	83	24.5	0.0%	0.0%

NL Central	W	L	GB	Div	Post
Milwaukee Brewers	86	55	--	94.9%	100.0%
Chicago Cubs	80	60	5.5	5.1%	100.0%
Cincinnati Reds	70	70	15.5	0.0%	5.2%
St. Louis Cardinals	70	71	16.0	0.0%	<1.0%
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	77	22.0	0.0%	0.0%

NL West	W	L	GB	Div	Post
Los Angeles Dodgers	78	62	--	72.7%	96.8%
San Diego Padres	76	64	2.0	26.7%	97.6%
San Francisco Giants	71	69	7.0	0.0%	11.5%
Arizona Diamondbacks	70	71	8.5	0.0%	2.5%
Colorado Rockies - e	39	101	39.0	0.0%	0.0%

MLB wild card standings

AL wild card	W	L	WCGB
New York Yankees	78	62	+5.0
Boston Red Sox	78	63	+4.5
Seattle Mariners	73	67	--
Texas Rangers	72	69	1.5
Kansas City Royals	71	69	2.0
Tampa Bay Rays	71	69	2.0
Cleveland Guardians	69	70	3.5

NL wild card	W	L	WCGB
Chicago Cubs	80	60	+5.0
San Diego Padres	76	64	+1.0
New York Mets	75	65	--
San Francisco Giants	71	69	4.0
Cincinnati Reds	70	70	5.0
Arizona Diamondbacks	70	71	5.5
St. Louis Cardinals	70	71	5.5