Latest MLB playoff bracket updates: See where contenders stand

Less than three weeks remain in the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season and while the field is largely set in stone, at least three division races will go down to the wire and the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets will have to fight off challengers for the final wild card spots.

The Philadelphia Phillies have buried the Mets in the NL East, while New York’s four-game losing streak opened things up for the Giants, Reds, Diamondbacks and Cardinals to get within 4.5 games for the NL’s final wild card spot.

Meawhile, the Texas Rangers have been red-hot and enter Wednesday trailing the Houston Astros by just one game in the AL West.

The regular season ends on Sunday, September 28, with the best-of-three wild card series beginning two days later. The top two division winners in each league advance directly to the Division Series.

Here’s a look at the latest standings and bracket:

Through games played Tuesday, Sept. 9

MLB playoff bracket if season ended today

American League

• Byes: Blue Jays, Tigers
• AL wild card series
  • Mariners at Astros
  • Yankees vs. Red Sox (virtual tie, Red Sox hold head-to-head tiebreaker)

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 (80-64): +3.5 games
2. Boston Red Sox (81-65): +3.5 games
3. Seattle Mariners (77-68)
4. Texas Rangers (76-70): 1.5 games back
5. Cleveland Guardians (74-70): 2.5 GB
6. Kansas City Royals (73-72): 4 GB
7. Tampa Bay Rays (72-72): 4.5 GB

NL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

1. Chicago Cubs (82-63): +6 games
2. San Diego Padres (79-66): +1 game
3. New York Mets (76–69)
4. San Francisco Giants (74-71): 2 GB
5. Cincinnati Reds (73-72): 3 GB
6. Arizona Diamondbacks (72-74): 4.5 GB
7. St. Louis Cardinals (72-74): 4.5 GB

AL East

1. Toronto Blue Jays (83-61)
2. New York Yankees (80-64): 3 games back
3. Boston Red Sox (81-65): 3 GB

AL Central

1. Detroit Tigers (83-62)
2. Cleveland Guardians (74-70): 8.5 GB
3. Kansas City Royals (73-72): 10 GB

AL West

1. Houston Astros (78-67)
2. Seattle Mariners (77-68): 1 GB
3. Texas Rangers (76-70): 2.5 GB

NL East

1. Philadelphia Phillies (85-60)
2. New York Mets (76-69): 9 GB

NL Central

1. Milwaukee Brewers (89-57)
2. Chicago Cubs (82-63): 6.5 GB

NL West

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (81-64)
2. San Diego Padres (79-66): 2 GB