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With a month remaining in the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the playoff races are heating up and several division races project to go down to the wire.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are locked in a back-and-forth battle atop the National League West, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are going at it in the American League West and the Toronto Blue Jays will try to fight off the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees down the stretch.
The final day of the regular season is Sept. 28, with the postseason beginning two days later.
Here’s a look at the latest playoff picture:
(Standings through games played Thursday, Aug. 28)
AL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Boston Red Sox (75-60): +2.5 gamesNew York Yankees (74-60): +2 gamesSeattle Mariners (72-62)Kansas City Royals (69-65): 3 games backTexas Rangers (68-67): 4.5 GBCleveland Guardians (66-66): 5 GBNL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
Chicago Cubs (76-58): +4 gamesSan Diego Padres (76-59): +3 gamesNew York Mets (72-62)Cincinnati Reds (68-66): 4 games backSan Francisco Giants (66-68): 6 GBArizona Diamondbacks (66-69): 6.5 GBSt. Louis Cardinals (66-69): 6.5 GBAL EastToronto Blue Jays (78-56)Boston Red Sox (75-60): 3.5 games backNew York Yankees (74-60): 4 GBAL CentralDetroit Tigers (78-57)Kansas City Royals (69-65): 8.5 GBAL WestHouston Astros (74-60)Seattle Mariners (72-62): 2 GBTexas Rangers (68-67): 6.5 GBNL EastPhiladelphia Phillies (77-57)New York Mets (72-62): 5 GBNL CentralMilwaukee Brewers (83-52)Chicago Cubs (76-58): 6.5 GBNL WestLos Angeles Dodgers (77-57)San Diego Padres (75-59): 2 GB