We’re entering the final week of August, which means the end of the 2025 regular season is upon us.

That means every matchup and every series will carry even more importance the rest of the way. That’s certainly true this week, as there is an NL East showdown of the top two teams, a battle of Wild Card hopefuls also contending for their respective divisions and a matchup between two of the top teams in baseball.

Here are five series to watch this week.

Phillies at Mets: 3 games (Monday-Wednesday)

Head-to-head: The Mets have taken four of six games from the Phillies but the season series has been very close, with Philadelphia outscoring New York 29 to 28. However, when these two teams faced off from June 20-22 in Philadelphia, each of the games were blowouts: a 10-2 Phillies win in t

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