MLB postseason watch 2025: Bracket, clinching situations, video games to look at Wednesday

Entering play on Wednesday, right here’s the place each contending group stands with 12 days remaining within the common season.

Who’s in?

Tickets already punched:

Milwaukee Brewers,

Philadelphia Phillies

The Brewers and Phillies stay the one two groups to have clinched a playoff spot to date, however they may have firm quickly.

Who’s subsequent?

On the brink of clinching a playoff spot:

Detroit Tigers,

New York Yankees,

Toronto Blue Jays,

Los Angeles Dodgers,

Chicago Cubs,

San Diego Padres

With a win on Wednesday, the Cubs can clinch their first postseason berth since 2020. Chicago will ship All-Star lefty Matthew Boyd to the mound in opposition to the Pirates.

The Blue Jays, winners of six straight, have narrowed their magic quantity for a playoff berth to 3. That’s any mixture of victories and losses by the Guardians. To put away the Yankees and win their first AL East title since 2015, the Jays’ magic quantity is down to 6.

Who’s clinging to life?

It’s gonna be fascinating:

New York Mets,

San Francisco Giants,

Arizona Diamondbacks,

Cincinnati Reds,

Texas Rangers,

Cleveland Guardians

The Mets tagged Padres starter Michael King for eight runs, and in a preview of what may occur within the postseason, piggybacked Sean Manaea after 4 innings of two-run baseball from Clay Holmes. It was a much-needed win for New York, which maintains a 1 1/2 recreation lead over the Diamondbacks for the NL’s ultimate spot.

With a walk-off win, the Diamondbacks took Game 2 of the three-game set in opposition to the Giants, 6-5, additional separating Arizona from Cincinnati and San Francisco within the wild-card standings. The Giants (75-76), now below .500, will want a miracle to succeed in the postseason.

Ditto goes for the Reds after their bats fell silent in opposition to the Cardinals. A day after reaching the .500 plateau, Cincinnati (75-76) is again one recreation below, with its probabilities additionally rising slimmer.

After consecutive losses to the Astros, the Rangers at the moment are 3 1/2 video games behind the AL’s ultimate wild-card spot. Texas can also be 4 1/2 video games again within the AL West, that means the wild card is probably going its solely path to October ball.

If the playoffs began immediately

American League

Toronto and Detroit would obtain first-round byes after ending because the AL’s No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. Toronto would even have home-field benefit by means of the ALCS for ending with the league’s greatest document.

AL Wild Card Series: No. 6 Red Sox at No. 3 Mariners; No. 5 Astros at No. 4 Yankees.

ALDS: Mariners/Red Sox vs. Tigers; Yankees/Astros vs. Blue Jays

National League

The Brewers and Phillies would enter because the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, each receiving first-round byes. Should the Brewers make it to the World Series, they’d preserve home-field benefit on account of ending with the game’s greatest document.

NL Wild Card Series: No. 6 Mets at No. 3 Dodgers; No. 5 Padres at No. 4 Cubs.

NLDS: Dodgers/Mets vs. Phillies, Cubs/Padres vs. Brewers

What to look at this week

Rangers at Astros, Wednesday: No Yordan, no downside. The Astros responded on Tuesday with a 6-5 win to maintain tempo with the Mariners.

Mariners at Astros, Friday by means of Sunday: Seattle may additional stake its lead within the AL West on this head-to-head matchup.

Phillies at Dodgers, Wednesday: Neither Shohei Ohtani’s 5 no-hit innings nor his fiftieth house run of the 2025 marketing campaign have been sufficient to high the Phillies, who proceed to chase Milwaukee for the NL’s greatest document.

Guardians at Tigers, Wednesday and Thursday: It took 10 innings, however the Guardians gained the primary of six remaining matchups between these two groups, making the AL Central title removed from a lock for Detroit.

(Photo of Connor Kaiser, Jordan Lawlar and Alek Thomas celebrating the Diamondbacks’ walk-off win over the Giants: Chris Coduto / Getty Images)