The 2025 MLB playoffs are here -- and for some teams, October is going to last a lot longer than it is for some others.

We start with the wild-card round, where the Cincinnati Reds became the first team eliminated from postseason contention -- on the very first day of October, no less -- with a two-game series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers . The next day, the Cleveland Guardians lost their series to the Detroit Tigers , the San Diego Padres fell to the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox were knocked out by the New York Yankees in a trio of Game 3s.

In the division series, the first team to go: those same Yankees, who were defeated by their American League East rival Toronto Blue Jays in four games. They were followed by the Philadelphia Phillies , who fell to the

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