2025 MLB Playoff Odds Tracker
By Ian Jones
Updated:
- Recap the odds for all 30 MLB teams as they attempted to qualify for the 2025 MLB Playoffs
- Cleveland, Toronto & Cincinnati were big surprises to make the MLB Postseason in 2025
- Looking for current MLB playoff odds?
The 2025 Major League Baseball season began on March 27, 2025, with the 162-game season all building up to October baseball and the MLB Playoffs. Below, you’ll find the recorded odds for all 30 teams to reach the postseason, as they rose and fell throughout the 2025 MLB season.
National League | American League
2025 National League Playoff Odds
Final Odds to Make the 2025 National League Playoffs
Odds as of September 26th at DraftKings Sportsbook.
2025 National League Playoffs Odds Movement Timeline
- September 26 – Just one NL playoff spot remains and the Mets may yet hang on to it. New York is getting -330 to pick up the sixth seed, thanks to their one-game cushion over the Reds.
- July 17 – The Brewers entered the All-Star Break having won six in a row and are now getting a short -330 to make the NL Playoffs.
- May 7 – After getting plus-money odds to open the season, the Padres (-210) are a likely candidate to nab a NL Wild Card at season’s end.
- April 10 – The Braves’ slow start to the season have seen their playoff odds already drop from -400 to -185, though they’re still getting the fourth-best odds in the National League.
- February 19 – The opening MLB Playoffs odds in the National League has four clear frontrunners (the Dodgers, Braves, Phillies, and Mets) before a mess of teams vying for the final two spots, ranging from the Cubs at -140 down to the Cardinals and Pirates at +360 each.
2025 American League Playoff Odds
Final Odds to Make the 2025 American League Playoffs
Odds as of September 26th at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Notes on the latest MLB Playoffs odds movement in the American League include:
- September 26 – The collapse of the Detroit Tigers may have been preempted… only by the collapse of the Houston Astros, who at +295 are now on the outside looking in.
- July 17 – Just a few weeks removed from a push to top the AL East, the Rays are starting to fade. Their AL Playoff odds have dropped from -105 to +160 coming out of the break.
- May 7 – Big shakeup in the American League Playoff odds with the Tigers climbing as high as -500 to lead the way, while the Orioles plummet from +145 to +280.
- April 10 – The Texas Rangers have nearly climbed to the top of the AL Playoffs odds table, going from -130 to -240 in the two weeks since Opening Day.
- February 19 – Going into Spring Training, the New York Yankees are the only clear favorite to make the American League playoffs. In terms of probability, there’s just a 10.1% difference between the Texas Rangers with the fourth best odds at -125 and the Cleveland Guardians with the 10th best at +120.
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