Major League Baseball has released the schedule for the 2025 postseason, which is set to begin with each of the four Wild Card Series on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 on Tuesday. Game 1 of the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One on FOX is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 24, at the home of the league champion with the superior 2025 regular-season record.
The openers of all four AL and NL Division Series presented by Booking.com are scheduled to begin on Saturday and run through Oct. 11. FOX or FS1 along with FOX Deportes will combine to cover the ALDS, while TNT Sports will simulcast the NLDS on TBS, truTV and HBO Max.
The American League Championship Series presented by loanDepot will begin on Oct. 12 and will be televised by FOX or FS1 along with FOX Deportes. The National League Championship Series presented by loanDepot is set to start on Oct. 13 and will be broadcast across TBS, truTV and HBO Max.
If a Game 7 is necessary to determine the 2025 World Series champions, then it would be played on Nov. 1. FOX Sports and FOX Deportes will present live telecast coverage of the World Series for the 28th time.
All games telecast on TNT Sports platforms, FOX and FS1 will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider. The Wild Card Series will also be available via the ESPN App. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all 2025 MLB postseason games, beginning with the Wild Card Series.
In addition to coverage by FOX Deportes, 2025 postseason games will also be telecast in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and Univision, while Univision Radio will provide Spanish language audio coverage. The 2025 postseason will be broadcast to 203 countries by 44 media partners in 16 languages around the globe.
MLB Network will air extensive studio coverage throughout the postseason across the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight, the Emmy-nominated MLB Central, MLB Now and Intentional Talk.
The 2025 postseason schedule, subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at
MLB.com/postseason and below.
WILD CARD SERIES
All times ET
Tuesday, Sept. 30
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 1: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 1: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 1: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 1: 9 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 2: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 2: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 2: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 2: 9 p.m. on ESPN
Thursday, Oct. 2
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 9 p.m. on ESPN
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