{"id":37262,"date":"2025-09-21T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mlb-playoffs-2025-guardians-surprise-qualified-teams-and-matchups\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:27:52","slug":"mlb-playoffs-2025-guardians-surprise-qualified-teams-and-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/mlb-playoffs-2025-guardians-surprise-qualified-teams-and-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Playoffs 2025: Guardians Surprise, Qualified Teams and Matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"The month of October is fast approaching, and with it, the excitement of the 2025 MLB postseason. Several teams have already secured their place in the championship race, while others are fighting for a playoff spot.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qualified Teams<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs already have their ticket secured for the postseason. The Brewers are close to being crowned NL Central champions. The Philadelphia Phillies have won the NL East title, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are also returning to action in October.\n\nThe biggest surprise of the 2025 season has been delivered by the Cleveland Guardians, who, with an impressive streak in September, have revolutionized the fight for the playoffs in the American League, becoming serious contenders both in the AL Central and in the wild card race.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Could Secure Their Place?<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Blue Jays, Yankees, Mariners, and Padres have high probabilities of securing their postseason participation.\n\n<h2>Possible Playoff Matchups<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>This is how the possible MLB playoff matchups look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>American League<\/strong><\/li><li>Wild Card Round: (6) Guardians vs. (3) Tigers, (5) Red Sox vs. (4) Yankees<\/li><li>Division Series: Guardians\/Tigers vs. (2) Mariners, Red Sox\/Yankees vs. (1) Blue Jays<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>National League<\/strong><\/li><li>Wild Card Round: (6) Mets vs. (3) Dodgers, (5) Padres vs. (4) Cubs<\/li><li>Division Series: Mets\/Dodgers vs. (2) Phillies, Padres\/Cubs vs. (1) Brewers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>American League Analysis<\/h2>\n\nThe Blue Jays have taken the lead in the race for first place in the American League. Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are competing for a wild card spot. The Seattle Mariners are trying to distance themselves from the Houston Astros in the AL West. The Cleveland Guardians are chasing the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central, as well as fighting for a wild card spot.\n\n<h2>National League Analysis<\/h2>\n\nThe Brewers were the first team to secure their place in October, followed by the Phillies, who clinched the NL East title. A group of contenders have stood out at the top of the National League, with the New York Mets leading over the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, and Cincinnati Reds for the last playoff spot. Intrigue is also found in the NL West, where the Dodgers seek to defend their divisional crown against the Padres.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoffs Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\nHere is the MLB playoffs schedule:\n\n<strong>Wild Card Series<\/strong>\n\nBest of three, all games at the stadium of the team with the best record\n\nGame 1: Tuesday, September 30\n\nGame 2: Wednesday, October 1st\n\nGame 3: Thursday, October 2*\n\n\n<p><strong>Division Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nBest of five\n\nALDS\n\nGame 1: Saturday, October 4\n\nGame 2: Sunday, October 5th\n\nGame 3: Tuesday, October 7th\n\nGame 4: Wednesday, October 8*\n\nGame 5: Friday, October 10*\n\nNLDS\n\nGame 1: Saturday, October 4\n\nGame 2: Monday, October 6th\n\nGame 3: Wednesday, October 8\n\nGame 4: Thursday, October 9*\n\nGame 5: Saturday, October 11*\n\n<strong>League Championship Series<\/strong>\n\nBest of seven\n\nALCS\n\nGame 1: Sunday, October 12\n\nGame 2: Monday, October 13th\n\nGame 3: Wednesday, October 15\n\nGame 4: Thursday, October 16\n\nGame 5: Friday, October 17*\n\nGame 6: Sunday, October 19*\n\nGame 7: Monday, October 20*\n\nNLCS\n\nGame 1: Monday, October 13th\n\nGame 2: Tuesday, October 14\n\nGame 3: Thursday, October 16\n\nGame 4: Friday, October 17\n\nGame 5: Saturday, October 18*\n\nGame 6: Monday, October 20*\n\nGame 7: Tuesday, October 21*\n\n\n<p><strong>World Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nBest of seven\n\nGame 1: Friday, October 24\n\nGame 2: Saturday, October 25\n\nGame 3: Monday, October 27\n\nGame 4: Tuesday, October 28\n\nGame 5: Wednesday, October 29*\n\nGame 6: Friday, October 31*\n\nGame 7: Saturday, November 1st*","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of October is fast approaching, and with it, the excitement of the 2025 MLB postseason. Several teams have already secured their place in the championship race, while others are fighting for a playoff spot. Qualified Teams The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs already have their ticket secured for the postseason. The Brewers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[8702,7382,336,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-37262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mlb","7":"tag-mlb-playoffs","8":"tag-postseason","9":"tag-schedule","10":"tag-standings"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}