For the first time in five years, there will be Chicago Cubs blue in the MLB postseason. The Cubs beat NL Central rival Pittsburgh 8-4 on Wednesday afternoon, and officially clinched a berth in the 2025 MLB Playoffs.

Barely two weeks remain in the 2025 MLB regular season. As September rolls along, the Major League Baseball playoff picture is coming into focus. The MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers became the first team to clinch a postseason berth on Saturday and the Philadelphia Phillies followed on Sunday, then secured the NL East title a day later.

So, of the available options, which ones do we want to see the most? There are 12 total options, six in each league among the eight teams that would find themselves in the Wild Card round if the season ended tomorrow. We've ranked all 12 below in order of just how compelling we find them, both on the field and off.

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On Tuesday night, the Astros beat the Rangers ( HOU 6, TEX 5) while the Red Sox lost to the Athletics ( ATH 2, BOS 1 ), which moved Houston into the second wild card spot and bumped the Red Sox down into the third wild card. If the season ended today, which it very much does not, the AL postseason field would shake out like this:

At this time last year, the Blue Jays were trudging through the waning days of a lost season, waiting for the relief of the offseason to come. Oh, how the times have changed. With just over one week remaining in the regular season,

Here are the five MLB teams on the postseason bubble with the greatest odds of stealing a Wild Card spot in the final weeks of the season.

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