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

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

NL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

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