Overview
- Seattle secured the AL West with a 9-2 win over Colorado, highlighted by Cal Raleigh’s 59th and 60th home runs to take the MLB lead.
- New York clinched the playoffs with a 3-2 ninth‑inning rally at the White Sox for the franchise’s 60th postseason, and Aaron Judge later reached 51 homers as the AL East remains neck‑and‑neck with Toronto holding the tiebreaker.
- Los Angeles sealed the NL West with an 8-0 victory in Arizona as Shohei Ohtani hit his 54th homer and Yoshinobu Yamamoto worked six scoreless innings.
- Clinched spots also include division titles for the Brewers and Phillies and wild cards for the Cubs and Padres, with Toronto already qualified in the AL.
- Based on current standings, projections have Toronto and Seattle earning first‑round byes, with potential AL Wild Card Series of Tigers vs. Guardians and Yankees vs. Red Sox.