The 2025 MLB playoffs are underway and we're headed into the League Division Series after three of four Wild Card Series went to do-or-die Game 3s. The Philadelphia Phillies will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers,

The next stage of the MLB postseason pits the two World Series betting favorites against each other in the NLDS.

The winners from the wild-card series now face the top-seeded teams in the National and American leagues for the right to play in the championship series as the road to the World Series ramps up. The No. 1- and 2-seeded teams had byes into the divisional round.

Get the MLB playoffs schedule for the Wild Card Round and Divisional Series for the American and National Leagues.

MLB unveiled a new postseason format in 2022 to make the playoffs more interesting for teams hoping to make a deep run.

The 2025 Major League Baseball postseason is set to kick off on Tuesday with a quartet of wild-card games. From there, the race to the World Series will be on.

MLB's Division Series is the second of four rounds in the postseason. Eight teams advance to the Division Series, four of which receive a bye by finishing with one of the top two seeds in their league. Only four of MLB's 12 playoff teams don't reach the Division Series.

The 2025 MLB regular season wrapped up in dramatic fashion, and the intensity only escalated with the start of the Wild Card round. Teams laid it all on the line, fighting to keep their World Series dreams alive and earn a shot at hoisting the Commissioner’s Trophy.

All NLDS games air on TBS, while Fox and FS1 split coverage of the ALDS. The schedules for Games 3-5 will be announced as the series progress. Winners from the Division Series move on to the League Championship Series beginning Sunday, October 12. Game 1 of the World Series is scheduled for Friday, October 24.