World Series 2025 Predictions, Full Schedule and Bracket Picks for Fall Classic
The road to the 2025 MLB series runs...exclusively on the road?
That feels unlikely, but after the Toronto Blue Jays' 13-4 thrashing of the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, road teams are now 5-0 in the League Championship Series. The Milwaukee Brewers surely hope the trend continues, as they're slated for a make-or-break Game 3 at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.
Both series are still up for grabs, so it's worth plotting out the path from here with scheduling info, bracket predictions and our crystal ball's vision for this year's Fall Classic.
Remaining Playoff Schedule
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ALCS: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Seattle Mariners
Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 16 at 8:33 p.m. ET in Seattle
Game 5: Friday, Oct. 17 at 6:08 p.m. ET in Seattle
Game 6*: Sunday, Oct. 19 at 8:03 p.m. ET in Toronto
Game 7*: Monday, Oct. 20 at 8:08 p.m. ET in Toronto
*if necessary
NLCS: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 16 at 6:08 p.m. ET in L.A.
Game 4: Friday, Oct. 17 at 8:38 p.m. ET in L.A.
Game 5*: Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8:08 p.m. ET in L.A.
Game 6*: Monday, Oct. 20 at 5:08 p.m. ET in Milwaukee
Game 7*: Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 8:08 p.m. ET in Milwaukee
World Series: Teams, Times TBD
Game 1: Friday, Oct. 24
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 25
Game 3: Monday, Oct. 27
Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 28
Game 5*: Wednesday, Oct. 29
Game 6*: Friday, Oct. 31
Game 7*: Saturday, Nov. 1
LCS Predictions
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ALCS: Mariners in 6
Toronto's lineup figured to awaken at some point, and that's clearly what happened in Game 3. By the end of the third inning, the Blue Jays had tallied more runs (five) than they had in the first two games combined (four). They'd wind up clobbering five home runs and scoring double-digit runs for the third time this postseason.
Could that outburst shift the momentum of the series? Absolutelyโthat's just not how we see things shaking out. Seattle still looks like the better balanced team, and while that doesn't always matter in baseball, our hunch is it eventually will here.
NLCS: Dodgers in 4
This is a bummer to write, because the Brewers had such a marvelous season. It's just that the defending champion Dodgers have more stars, better depth and a rested pitching staff that might finally be realizing its full potential.
Milwaukee's offense has been a mess, and it's just hard to envision that problem fixing itself on the fly against Tyler Glasnow in Game 3 or Shohei Ohtani in Game 4. The Brewers are surely hoping to chase those starters early and get their cracks at a volatile bullpen, but these pitchers feel more trustworthy than Milwaukee's hitters. Bring out the broom.
World Series Prediction
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Mariners over Dodgers in 6
All due respect to the Blue Jays and Brewers, who fully deserved the No. 1 seeds they carried into this postseason, but a Mariners-Dodgers championship clash feels more like a fight between baseball's two best teams.
L.A.'s resume speaks for itself. The Dodgers were World Series champs last season, then flexed their fully loaded roster by pacing themselves in what was still a 93-win effort. As a result, they are peaking at the perfect time and, frankly, almost have this inevitable feeling about them.
Yet, the Mariners are giving real team-of-destiny vibes. They've already matched their most LCS wins in franchise history (two), they've been surging since early September and they might have the best blend of stars, depth, sluggers, speedsters, starters and back-end bullpen arms of any teamโor have a collection that at least can from a viable argument against the Dodgers'.
Maybe we're blinded by the feel-great potential here for the Mariners' first ever trip to the World Series to end in a champagne-soaked celebration. Or maybe this is the recognition of how great this group can be. This lineup is better than it has shown in the postseason, and this pitching staff can dominate any point of a game. Seattle has what it will take to stop L.A. from becoming baseball's first repeat champion in 25 years.
