Latest MLB standings: Playoff bracket, wild card picture

With about 10 games remaining in the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the pennant races are heating up with several divisions and both wild-card races going down to the wire.

The red-hot Seattle Mariners overtook the Houston Astros atop the American League West, with the two teams squaring off in a season-defining series Daikin Park that begins Friday, Sept. 19.

The Los Angeles Dodgers try to continue fighting off the San Diego Padres for the NL West lead, while a six-game winning streak for the Toronto Blue Jays may have put the AL East to bed. In the NL wild-card standings, the New York Mets’ eight-game skid opened the door for the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants to get back into contention.

Here’s the latest look at the 2025 MLB playoff picture:

Entering play Wednesday, Sept. 17

MLB playoff bracket if season ended today

American League

• Byes: Blue Jays, Tigers
• AL wild card series
  • Astros at Yankees
  • Red Sox at Mariners

National League

• Byes: Brewers, Phillies
• NL wild card series
  • Mets at Dodgers
  • Padres at Cubs

AL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

1. New York Yankees (84-67): +2.5 games
2. Houston Astros (83-69): +0.5 games
3. Boston Red Sox (82-69)
4. Cleveland Guardians (79-71): 2.5 games back
5. Texas Rangers (79-73): 3.5 GB
6. Kansas City Royals (75-76): 7 GB

NL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

1. Chicago Cubs (87-64): +9 games
2. San Diego Padres (82-69): +4 games
3. New York Mets (78–73)
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (77-75): 1.5 GB
5. Cincinnati Reds (75-76): 3 GB
6. San Francisco Giants (75-76): 3 GB
7. St. Louis Cardinals (74-78): 4.5 GB

AL East

1. Toronto Blue Jays (89-62)
2. New York Yankees (84-67): 5 games back
3. Boston Red Sox (82-69): 7 GB

AL Central

1. Detroit Tigers (85-66)
2. Cleveland Guardians (79-71): 5.5 GB
3. Kansas City Royals (75-76): 10 GB

AL West

1. Seattle Mariners (83-68)
2. Houston Astros (83-69): 0.5 GB
3. Texas Rangers (79-73): 4.5 GB

NL East

1. Philadelphia Phillies (91-61) – clinched NL East title on Sept. 15

NL Central

1. Milwaukee Brewers (92-59) – clinched playoff berth
2. Chicago Cubs (87-64): 5 GB

NL West

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (84-67)
2. San Diego Padres (82-69): 2 GB