Three weeks remain in the 2025 MLB regular season. As September rolls along, the Major League Baseball playoff picture is coming into focus. No team has clinched a playoff spot, but the MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers are closing in on one. The Brewers maintain a sizable lead in the NL Central, and will likely have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers are the other two division leaders in the NL as they look to hold off the New York Mets and San Diego Padres , respectively. The Padres, Mets and Cubs are currently in wild card position in the NL. The San Francisco Giants are making a late-season push, but it might be too little, too late.
The biggest logjam is in the American League wild card race. The scuffling Seat