This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Former Padre Star Says Dodgers or Padres Will Win 2025 World Series. Whether it's the Padres or the Dodgers, the World Series champion is coming out of Southern California, at least according to former MLB first baseman Eric Hosmer, who spent five seasons with San Diego.

Cubs vs. Padres, Yankees vs. Red Sox and Dodgers vs. Reds round out the day. These best-of-three sets, all played at the stadium of the superior seed, will determine who advances to the more traditional structure of the playoffs,

Accustomed to the five-day break that preceded their postseason journeys as a top-two seed, the reigning World Series champs head directly into a best-of-three Wild Card Series this year.

The MLB Playoffs add an understandable layer of intensity to road games. Fewer fans are walking away from the middle of an inning to go get a hot dog or a beer,

As the Los Angeles Dodgers look to lock in the NL West crown over the San Diego Padres, here is one Dodger who needs to step up.

Freddie Freeman hits two home runs and Dalton Rushing hits a three-run blast in an 8-2 win over the Padres that moves the Dodgers back into a tie for first.

It doesn't take a lifelong baseball veteran to understand that the postseason has a different aura surrounding it than a regular season contest. As the Los Angeles Dodgers get closer to October, Jake Cronenworth of the divisional foe San Diego Padres spoke on not just the electricity in the air for the playoffs,

The Dodgers admitted to doing some scoreboard-watching on Sunday as the reigning World Series champions awaited their first-round opponent. Once the dust settled from Game 162, the Reds had edged the Mets for the final NL Wild Card spot.