MLB Playoffs 2025 Schedule, TV Info, Dates for Entire World Series Bracket Released

Major League Baseball fans will be watching playoff games in September this season.

MLB released its 2025 postseason schedule Tuesday, and the first Wild Card Round games will be on Sept. 30. The four Division Series then start on Oct. 4, while the American League Championship starts on Oct. 12.

From there, the National League Championship Series begins on Oct. 13 ahead of the World Series, which starts on Oct. 24 and could run as late as Nov. 1 if it goes the full seven games. The entire World Series will air on Fox:

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in last year's World Series, but they are both far from a guarantee to be back this season.

Los Angeles is just 10-12 since the All-Star Game and has seen its lead over the San Diego Padres in the National League West shrink to just a single game. While it still has a star-studded roster and will be on the short list of any realistic contenders for the title, consistency has been an issue in the second half.

As for the Yankees, they are in third place in the American League East behind the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox and remain just one game ahead of the Cleveland Guardians for the final AL wild-card spot.

They are just 3-7 in their last 10 games and might find themselves in a struggle to even make the playoffs if they don't turn things around rather quickly.

Other teams such as the Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies have strong rosters that could put them in position to play deep into October, but everyone in the league is looking up at the Milwaukee Brewers heading into the stretch run.

Milwaukee is 30 games over .500 at 74-44 and 6.5 games clear of the formidable Chicago Cubs in the National League Central. It enters Tuesday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on a 10-game winning streak, which is its second winning streak of double-digit games this season.

The team is also looking ahead at what is to come.

"Nobody cares what we've done in the last month," Christian Yelich told reporters Monday. "It's all great, but we have bigger goals than 74 wins."

One of those goals is surely to be playing in late October during the World Series that is now on the schedule.