MLB wild card standings, 2025 playoff picture, AL and NL standings

With a month remaining in the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the playoff races are heating up and several division races project to go down to the wire.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are locked in a back-and-forth battle atop the National League West, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are going at it in the American League West and the Toronto Blue Jays will try to fight off the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees down the stretch.

The final day of the regular season is Sept. 28, with the postseason beginning two days later.

Here’s a look at the latest playoff picture:

(Standings through games played Thursday, Aug. 28)

AL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

1. Boston Red Sox (75-60): +2.5 games
2. New York Yankees (74-60): +2 games
3. Seattle Mariners (72-62)
4. Kansas City Royals (69-65): 3 games back
5. Texas Rangers (68-67): 4.5 GB
6. Cleveland Guardians (66-66): 5 GB

NL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

1. Chicago Cubs (76-58): +4 games
2. San Diego Padres (76-59): +3 games
3. New York Mets (72-62)
4. Cincinnati Reds (68-66): 4 games back
5. San Francisco Giants (66-68): 6 GB
6. Arizona Diamondbacks (66-69): 6.5 GB
7. St. Louis Cardinals (66-69): 6.5 GB

AL East

1. Toronto Blue Jays (78-56)
2. Boston Red Sox (75-60): 3.5 games back
3. New York Yankees (74-60): 4 GB

AL Central

1. Detroit Tigers (78-57)
2. Kansas City Royals (69-65): 8.5 GB

AL West

1. Houston Astros (74-60)
2. Seattle Mariners (72-62): 2 GB
3. Texas Rangers (68-67): 6.5 GB

NL East

1. Philadelphia Phillies (77-57)
2. New York Mets (72-62): 5 GB

NL Central

1. Milwaukee Brewers (83-52)
2. Chicago Cubs (76-58): 6.5 GB

NL West

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (77-57)
2. San Diego Padres (75-59): 2 GB