Lead Story - 7/21/2025

SEASON 6 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

Playoffs start: 12 noon (PT) Tuesday, July 22
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Houston Astros (96) - won tie breaker vs Yankees
#2 New York Yankees (96)
#3 Detroit Tigers (85)
#4 Toronto Blue Jays (89)
#5 Boston Red Sox (88)
#6 Kansas City Royals (85)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Tuesday, July 22
(6 at 3) Royals at Tigers - Royals advance
(5 at 4) Red Sox at Blue Jays - Red Sox advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Wednesday, July 23
(1 vs 4/5) Red Sox at Astros - Astros advance
(2 vs 3/6) Royals at Yankees - Yankees advance

ALCS (7 games)
Yankees at Astros

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 St. Louis Cardinals (104)
#2 Philadelphia Phillies (94)
#3 Los Angeles Dodgers (93)
#4 Milwaukee Brewers (93)
#5 Colorado Rockies (87)
#6 Cincinnati Reds (83)

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Tuesday, July 22
(6 at 3) Reds at Dodgers - Dodgers advance
(5 at 4) Rockies at Brewers - Brewers advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Wednesday, July 23
(1 vs 4/5) Brewers at Cardinals - Cardinals advance
(2 vs 3/6) Dodgers at Phillies - Phillies advance

NLCS (7 games)
Phillies at Cardinals

World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Yankees can't contain Bregman, fall 8-7

Alex Bregman was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Houston's 8-7 victory over the Yankees. Bregman also had 3 hits in the game. Nestor Cortes Jr. struckout 10 Houston batters in the contest. | Box

Schmidt sparks 8-7 win for Phillies

Mike Schmidt's hot bat helped the Phillies to a 8-7 win over the Cardinals. Schmidt collected 4 hits in the game. | Box

Yankees fall to Astros despite Caldwell's efforts

Ray Caldwell whiffed 8 batters, but the Astros managed to beat the Yankees, 4-2. | Box