Final MLB Weekend Decides Remaining Playoff Spots

The final weekend of the 2025 MLB regular season will decide the last NL wild-card spot and several division seeds. In the National League, the New York Mets currently control the final wild-card spot, while the Cincinnati Reds — highlighted by Noelvi Marté’s ninth-inning over-the-wall catch in a recent 2–1 win — and the Arizona Diamondbacks remain alive; the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched their divisions. Milwaukee and Philadelphia are vying for the NL’s No. 1 seed and home-field advantage: the Brewers can clinch with a win or a Phillies loss, while the Phillies can clinch with a win or a Dodgers loss. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners have clinched the AL West, the Toronto Blue Jays were the first AL club to clinch a playoff spot, and the New York Yankees have secured berths, but the AL East title and top seed remain unsettled with three games left. The AL Central produced a dramatic comeback as the Cleveland Guardians erased a 15½-game deficit to pull even with the Detroit Tigers; Cleveland holds the head-to-head tiebreaker and a magic-number advantage while the Red Sox, Tigers and Astros continue competing for wild-card positions.