MLB Playoff Field Set: Rays, Brewers Top Seeds — SkimNews
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- Tampa Bay Rays earned the AL's No. 1 seed and the Milwaukee Brewers took the No. 1 overall seed as all 12 MLB playoff berths were clinched on the regular season's final day.
- Philadelphia Phillies won Game 162 to hold off the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final NL wild-card spot.
- The Texas Rangers' loss to Minnesota locked up the AL West title for the Houston Astros, who were still alive for the division entering the day.
- AL wild-card round matchups are set: Chicago White Sox (6) at Houston Astros (3), and Boston Red Sox (5) at New York Yankees (4).
- NL wild-card round matchups are set: Philadelphia Phillies (6) at Atlanta Braves (3), and Chicago Cubs (5) at San Diego Padres (4).
- Division winners — the Rays, Cleveland Guardians, Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers — hold the top two seeds in each league and await their wild-card opponents in the Division Series.
Why it matters: Seeding now drives the bracket: the Rays (best AL record) and Brewers (best overall record) earn byes through the wild-card round, while six teams face single-elimination or best-of-three pressure immediately. The Phillies' Game 162 win kept Arizona out, and the Rangers' loss handed Houston the AL West without a tiebreaker — both are the kind of regular-season finales that reshape October matchups.
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