2026 MLB playoff picture: Standings, current bracket, postseason projections

The 2026 MLB regular season is over.

On the last day, the Astros clinched the AL West with a Rangers loss (though Houston won their own game just a few minutes later), and thus became the first team with a non-winning record to win a division in a 162-game MLB season. The Phillies pulled off their own Game 162 miracle and secured a wild-card berth after dragging their feet over the last week of the season.

The Padres and Cubs earned the other two wild-card berths out of the National League, and the Braves, Brewers and Dodgers all secured playoff tickets as division winners.

Over in the American League, the Rays held off the Yankees to win the AL East, and the Guardians won the AL Central as the other division winner. The Yankees and Red Sox, both out of the AL East, took the top two wild-card spots and the White Sox, one of the biggest surprises of the year, took the No. 6 seed.

Here’s how it all ended:

2026 MLB playoff picture, bracket

American League
Byes: No. 1 Rays, No. 2 Guardians
Wild Card Series: No. 3 Astros vs. No. 6 White Sox, No. 4 Yankees vs. No. 5 Red Sox

National League
Byes: No. 1 Brewers, No. 2 Dodgers
Wild Card Series: No. 3 Braves vs. No. 6 Phillies, No. 4 Padres vs. No. 5 Cubs

American League standings

AL East	W	L	GB
Tampa Bay Rays – x	98	64	—
New York Yankees – y	93	68	4.5
Boston Red Sox – y	87	75	11.0
Baltimore Orioles – e	79	82	18.5
Toronto Blue Jays – e	79	83	19.0

AL Central	W	L	GB
Cleveland Guardians – x	85	77	—
Chicago White Sox – z	84	78	1.0
Minnesota Twins – e	77	85	8.0
Detroit Tigers – e	76	86	9.0
Kansas City Royals – e	69	93	16.0

AL West	W	L	GB
Houston Astros – x	81	81	—
Texas Rangers – e	80	82	1.0
Seattle Mariners – e	76	86	5.0
Athletics – e	64	98	17.0
Los Angeles Angels – e	62	100	19.0

National League standings

NL East	W	L	GB
Atlanta Braves – x	94	68	—
Philadelphia Phillies – y	88	74	6.0
Miami Marlins – e	80	82	14.0
Washington Nationals – e	77	85	17.0
New York Mets – e	74	88	20.0

NL Central	W	L	GB
Milwaukee Brewers – x	103	59	—
Chicago Cubs – y	89	73	14.0
Pittsburgh Pirates – e	82	80	21.0
St. Louis Cardinals – e	77	85	26.0
Cincinnati Reds – e	75	87	28.0

NL West	W	L	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers – x	100	62	—
San Diego Padres – y	91	71	9.0
Arizona Diamondbacks – e	86	76	14.0
San Francisco Giants – e	65	97	35.0
Colorado Rockies – e	58	104	42.0

Clinched division – x
Clinched wild-card – y
Clinched playoff berth – z
Eliminated – e

MLB wild-card standings

AL wild card	W	L	WCGB
New York Yankees – y	93	68	+9.5
Boston Red Sox – y	87	75	+3.0
Chicago White Sox – z	84	78	—

NL wild card	W	L	WCGB
San Diego Padres – y	91	71	+3.0
Chicago Cubs – y	89	73	+1.0
Philadelphia Phillies – y	88	74	—

2026 World Series odds

Via Caesars as of Sept. 27

• Dodgers: +225
• Brewers: +450
• Rays: +700
• Yankees: +750
• Guardians: +1000
• Braves: +1500
• Red Sox: +1500
• Cubs: +1600
• Padres: +1800
• Astros: +2000
• Phillies: +2500
• White Sox: +3000