The Detroit Tigers face the Boston Red Sox on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 (9/26/25) in a regular season MLB game at Fenway Park.

Yet again, the AL East has been a gauntlet this MLB season. But the Boston Red Sox are still alive.While Alex Bregman, Garrett Crochet and company won't be winning their division, the Red Sox have still held a playoff spot for the majority of the last few months.

The Boston Red Sox won't name a Game 3 starter for their Wild Card series against the Yankees until they have to, but it will not be veteran righty Lucas Giolito.

The 2025 MLB playoff field is set and all that's left is all the glory. The Wild Card Series begin Tuesday afternoon with four best-of-three matchups. From there, those four winners will move onto the League Division Series,

The 2025 Major League Baseball season has hit its final day, and there are several playoff races left to be decided. A pair of division titles are still up for grabs in the American League, while a wild card spot in the National League still remains unclaimed thanks to a tie between the New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds.

Now the fun really begins. After six months of regular-season action and a whole bunch of stunning plot twists over the final couple of weeks, we’ve arrived at the 2025 postseason. We can say goodbye to the 18 teams that fell short and shift our focus to the dozen teams still vying for a World Series title.