2025 MLB Playoff and World Series schedule

Major League Baseball today announced the complete broadcast schedule for the 2025 Wild Card Series. The 2025 postseason will have four Wild Card Series games scheduled each day from Tuesday through Thursday under a best-of-three format, all available on ESPNâ€s family of networks.

The MLB Wild Card Series will be available in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App. ESPN Radio will also provide live national coverage of all 2025 MLB Postseason games, beginning with the Wild Card Series. In addition, MLB Network will have extensive studio coverage of the Wild Card Series.

The 2025 postseason schedule, subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason and below.

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

FOR ANY THREE-GAME SCENARIOS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:

If the DET @ CLE series is over, then there are no changes to the original schedule.

If the SD @ CHC series is over, then:

If the BOS @ NYY series is over, then:

If the CIN @ LAD series is over, then:

FOR ANY TWO-GAME SCENARIOS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:

If the DET @ CLE and BOS @ NYY series end, then:

If the DET @ CLE and SD @ CHC series end, then:

If the DET @ CLE and CIN @ LAD series end, then:

If the SD @ CHC and CIN @ LAD series end, then:

If the BOS @ NYY and SD @ CHC series end, then:

If the BOS @ NYY and CIN @ LAD series end, then:

FOR ANY ONE-GAME SCENARIO ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:

If there is only one game, then it will be scheduled at 7:38 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Saturday, Oct. 4
ALDS A, Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
NLDS A, Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Sunday, Oct. 5
ALDS A, Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 6
NLDS A, Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Tuesday, Oct. 7
ALDS A, Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Wednesday, Oct. 8
NLDS A, Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALDS A, Game 4* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 4* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Thursday, Oct. 9
NLDS A, Game 4* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 4* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Friday, Oct. 10
ALDS A, Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Oct. 11
NLDS A, Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Sunday, Oct. 12
ALCS Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 13
NLCS Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Tuesday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Wednesday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Thursday, Oct. 16
NLCS Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 4 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Friday, Oct. 17
NLCS Game 4 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Oct. 18
NLCS Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Sunday, Oct. 19
ALCS Game 6* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 20
NLCS Game 6* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 7* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Tuesday, Oct. 21
NLCS Game 7* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Friday, Oct. 24
Game 1, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Oct. 25
Game 2, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 27
Game 3 (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Game 4 (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Wednesday, Oct. 29
Game 5* (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Friday, Oct. 31
Game 6*, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Nov. 1
Game 7*, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

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.

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