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\"USA<\/a>Updated Mon, September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

The final pieces of Major League Baseball’s 2025 playoff puzzle fell into place on the last day of the regular season when the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> clinched\u00a0the AL Central crown<\/a> and the\u00a0Cincinnati Reds<\/a>\u00a0secured the\u00a0third National League wild-card spot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a day of much-needed rest, the postseason kicks off on Tuesday, Sept. 30, with the opening games of the best-of-three wild-card series.<\/p>\n

The top two teams in each league will sit this round out after securing byes into the division series, which will begin on Saturday, Oct. 4.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the 2025 postseason bracket:<\/p>\n

1 \/ 0<\/p>\n

Must-see photos as MLB teams celebrate postseason berths and division titles<\/p>\n

Andruw Monasterio of the Milwaukee Brewers is dunked with gatorade after a walk-off single in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field on Sept. 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. The win clinched a 2025 MLB postseason berth for the Brewers.<\/p>\n

MLB playoff bracketAmerican League<\/p>\n

Byes: Blue Jays, Mariners<\/p>\n

ALDS<\/p>\n

Blue Jays vs. Yankees\/Red Sox<\/p>\n

Mariners vs. Guardians\/Tigers<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The 2025 MLB playoff bracket is set. Here are the American League and National League teams that have made the postseason.<\/p>\n

National League<\/p>\n

NLDS<\/p>\n

Phillies vs. Dodgers\/Reds<\/p>\n

Upcoming MLB playoff schedule<\/p>\n

The AL and NL division series begin on Saturday, Oct. 4.<\/p>\n

The AL championship series begins on Sunday, Oct. 12 with the NL championship series starting on Monday, Oct. 13.<\/p>\n

The 2025 World Series opens on Friday, Oct. 24.<\/p>\n

Final 2025 MLB standingsAL EastAL CentralAL West<\/p>\n

Seattle Mariners (90-72)\u00a0\u2013 clinched AL West title<\/p>\n

AL wild card standings<\/p>\n

Top three reach playoffs<\/p>\n

NL East<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Phillies (96-66)\u00a0\u2013 clinched NL East title<\/p>\n

NL Central<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Brewers (97-65)\u00a0\u2013 clinched NL Central title<\/p>\n

NL West<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Dodgers (93-69)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0clinched NL West title<\/p>\n

NL wild card standings<\/p>\n

Top three reach playoffs<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB playoff bracket, postseason matchups, playoff schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Mon, September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM UTC The final pieces of Major League Baseball’s 2025 playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2288],"tags":[5,377,136,50,51,161,53,39,54,19,2328,2304,620,4,2305,2303,505,61,43,40,89,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-595566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-brewers","11":"tag-cincinnati-reds","12":"tag-cleveland-guardians","13":"tag-cubs","14":"tag-detroit-tigers","15":"tag-dodgers","16":"tag-houston-astros","17":"tag-major-league-baseball","18":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","19":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","20":"tag-mariners","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-mlb-playoffs","23":"tag-mlb-postseason","24":"tag-national-league","25":"tag-new-york-mets","26":"tag-padres","27":"tag-phillies","28":"tag-red-sox","29":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116141092883100250","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}