Complete MLB Playoff Bracket Picture 2026, AL, NL Standings and Wild-Card Race

The MLB playoff picture continued to take shape on Sunday.

Below we'll take a look at the full divisional and Wild Card standings and take a look at the top remaining races.

American League Divisional Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Tampa Bay Rays	82	54	.603	0.0
New York Yankees	78	59	.569	4.5
Boston Red Sox	74	63	.540	8.5
Baltimore Orioles	68	69	.496	14.5
Toronto Blue Jays	68	70	.493	15.0

Central	W	L	Pct	GB
Chicago White Sox	72	64	.529	0.0
Cleveland Guardians	69	68	.504	3.5
Minnesota Twins	65	72	.474	7.5
Detroit Tigers	63	73	.463	9.0
Kansas City Royals	62	76	.449	11.0

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Houston Astros	69	68	.504	0.0
Texas Rangers	67	70	.489	2.0
Seattle Mariners	64	73	.467	5.0
Athletics	53	84	.387	16.0
Los Angeles Angels	52	85	.382	17

American League Wild Card Picture

Team	GB
New York Yankees	-9.0
Boston Red Sox	-5.0
Cleveland Guardians	0
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Baltimore Orioles	1.0
Toronto Blue Jays	1.5
Texas Rangers	2.0
Minnesota Twins	4.0
Seattle Mariners	5.0
Detroit Tigers	5.5

National League Divisional Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Atlanta Braves	82	55	.599	0.0
Philadelphia Phillies	77	60	.562	5.0
Miami Marlins	69	68	.504	13.0
Washington Nationals	65	74	.468	18.0
New York Mets	61	76	.445	21.0

Central	W	L	Pct	GB
Milwaukee Brewers	85	52	.620	0.0
Chicago Cubs	77	59	.566	7.5
St. Louis Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	71	.486	18.5
Cincinnati Reds	64	72	.471	20.5

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	55	.599	0.0
Arizona Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
San Diego Padres	72	65	.526	10.0
San Francisco Giants	56	81	.409	26.0
Colorado Rockies	52	85	.380	30.0

National League Wild Card Picture

Team	GB
Chicago Cubs	-5.0
Philadelphia Phillies	-4.5
Arizona Diamondbacks	0
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San Diego Padres	0.5
Miami Marlins	3.5
St. Louis Cardinals	5.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	6.0

Analysis

There isn't a ton of drama remaining when it comes to playoff seeds.

While there may be some reshuffling of seeds, a number of teams already feel like locks. The Rays, Yankees and Red Sox are all extremely safe bets, while the White Sox would need a pretty major collapse to both blow the division and fail to earn a Wild Card bid.

But the AL West remains wide open, and so does the chase for the final Wild Card berth. None of those teams seem likely to truly challenge the AL East trio once it comes to October baseball, but it only takes one hot team to shake things up.

There's even less drama in the National League, where the Dodgers and Brewers have all but wrapped up their division and Atlanta's recent seven-game winning streak has kept their lead over the Phillies to five games.

The Cubs and Phillies are also comfortably atop the Wild Card standings, leaving the major remaining drama the battle between the Diamondbacks, Padres and perhaps the Marlins for the final Wild Card berth.