Updated MLB playoff picture: Bracket, standings and more on Sept. 15

Let's get you caught up on the bracket, standings and more entering play on Sept. 15. (As a refresher: MLB's playoff format now features 12 playoff spots, six in each league. The top two division ... Read More

2025 MLB playoff picture: Baseball standings, projections, odds as AL West, NL wild card races heat up

Barely two weeks remain in the 2025 MLB regular season. As September rolls along, the Major League Baseball playoff picture is coming into focus. The MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers became the first ... Read More

Updated MLB Playoff Picture 2025, Standings, Wild Card Seedings and Bracket Outlook

The MLB postseason picture remains crowded heading into the third week of September, with a few division leaders pulling away but a fierce battle unfolding for the Wild Card spots. Read More

MLB has a new 12-team playoff format. Will an expanded postseason work for baseball?

The lockout is over, and a rapidly approaching MLB season will have a new, bigger postseason format. October will now be the domain of 12 teams. Each league will send six teams in, with the ... Read More

Why MLB’s Postseason Home Field Advantage Is Smaller Than It’s Ever Been

The Brewers have MLB’s best road record and hit better on the road. But like the Padres, their pitchers also excel at home. Their strikeout rate at home is 9.5 per nine innings, well up from the rate ... Read More

2025 MLB Playoff picture, bracket

We have about a month left in the MLB season and teams are shifting into playoff mode and setting their sights on the road to the World Series. Right now, the Dodgers are the favorite to win the World ... Read More

Brewers clinch MLB playoff berth: Milwaukee becomes first team in 2025 postseason, eyes baseball's best record

The best team in baseball is the first team to clinch a postseason berth. On Saturday, the Milwaukee Brewers secured their spot in the playoffs with the New York Mets' 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers ... Read More

MLB Power Rankings: Brewers, Phillies clinch playoff spots, Mariners surging, races galore

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, we’ve officially entered clinching season, the Mariners surge into first place, the final spot in the NL Wild Card race is up for grabs, Nick Kurtz hits a ... Read More

Phillies clinch MLB playoff berth: Philadelphia secures postseason spot ahead of crucial series vs. Dodgers

As noted above, the Phillies are the second team to secure a playoff berth. The Milwaukee Brewers became the first earlier this weekend. The Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, and Toronto Blue ... Read More