MLB Power Rankings: Top playoff contenders on the move ahead of October

It's official. Three teams person clinched playoff spots, meaning determination are 9 near to capable with 11 days remaining successful the 2025 regular season.

For the 2nd consecutive year, the Brewers clinched the season's archetypal postseason spot. They were followed by the Phillies, who archetypal clinched a berth and won the National League East rubric for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth the pursuing night, and past the Cubs.

Now, we hold to spot who's next.

It's conscionable a substance of clip earlier further clubs fastener up berths -- specified arsenic the Blue Jays and Dodgers -- but others inactive person a batch to play for. In the past week, we've seen the Mariners spell connected a tally that has vaulted them backmost into archetypal spot successful the division, portion the Mets suffered a losing streak that astir dropped them retired of the playoff representation entirely.

Some of these playoff races volition spell down to the last days of the season. Get acceptable for immoderate breathtaking baseball!

Our adept sheet has ranked each squad based connected a operation of what we've seen truthful acold and what we already knew going into the 162-game marathon that is simply a afloat shot season. We besides asked ESPN MLB experts Buster Olney, Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield to measurement successful with an reflection for each 30 teams.

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1. Milwaukee Brewers

Record: 93-59
Previous ranking: 1

The Brewers were the archetypal squad to clinch a postseason slot this season, but they person nary clip to remainder connected their laurels. Topping the remaining to-do database is the quest to clasp disconnected the Phillies for the NL's apical seed, which could beryllium cardinal if the teams conscionable successful the NLCS fixed however ascendant they've some been astatine home. If Milwaukee does that, it'll besides tick disconnected its different large remaining items: breaking the franchise people for wins successful a play (96, acceptable successful 2011 and tied successful 2018) and clinching the NL Central rubric implicit the pesky Cubs. -- Doolittle

2. Philadelphia Phillies

Record: 91-62
Previous ranking: 2

The Phillies clinched their 2nd consecutive NL East title with a 10-inning triumph astatine Dodger Stadium connected Monday. Kyle Schwarber deed his 53rd location tally and Harrison Bader stole 3rd basal successful the 10th, mounting up the go-ahead sacrifice fly. That led to a raucous postgame celebration. Bryce Harper drank pome foodstuff portion his teammates had immoderate stronger refreshments. Then they rallied for different melodramatic triumph connected Tuesday arsenic backup catcher Rafael Marchan deed a two-out, three-run location tally successful the ninth pursuing an intentional locomotion to Bryson Stott. The Phillies look acceptable for October. -- Schoenfield

3. Toronto Blue Jays

Record: 89-63
Previous ranking: 5

Toronto's chances of winn...