Here's a postseason preview, including details on how each team could win the pennant with one player to watch down the stretch (stats accurate through Aug. 26): The 2025 postseason begins on Tuesday, Sept. 30, for the Game 1 of the four Wild Card Series. The 2025 World Series will start on Friday, Oct. 24. Here's the full schedule:

Watch the Syracuse Mets (NYM) take on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (NYY) on MLB and MiLB platforms at 6:35 pm ET Thursday, August 27

The Tigers come into California’s capital having won nine of their last 11 games, going 8-5 against AL Central rivals in the month of August. They enter Monday night atop the division, 10.5 games ahead of the Royals, holding the best record in the AL.

The week starts with a classic NL East battle. The Phillies are on top of the division but the Mets are in the Wild Card mix and need to close the gap. Cristopher Sánchez is on the mound for Philadelphia and Kodai Senga is going for New York. With standings tight and emotions always heightened in a rivalry, this could set the stage for the series.

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Netflix and NBCUniversal will join TBS, Fox, ESPN, Apple TV+ and Roku in the league's next deal. It sets the stage for the MLB's streaming evolution.

OK, it wasn't that long ago -- Jacob deGrom won the National League honors in 2018 and 2019. Max Scherzer also went back to back in 2016-17 while Clayton Kershaw did so in 2013-14 (making it three of four for him).

ESPN would continue to broadcast around 30 regular-season games, but not “Sunday Night Baseball.” ESPN would move to a different night during the week. The games on the network would remain exclusive, meaning viewers would only be able to watch these matchups through ESPN. The agreement would begin next season.

ESPN is nearing a deal with Major League Baseball to distribute out-of-market games. This comes after ESPN opted out of its previous contract with MLB in February.