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MLB playoff picture: Wild card standings, latest 2024 division standings

jesse yomtov, usa today
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(Updated 12:55 a.m. ET Wednesday, Sept 25)

Major League Baseball's 2024 season enters its final week and both league's wild-card races are going to the wire.

While the Baltimore Orioles are set to claim the American League's top wild-card seed, the Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners were all within two games for the second and third seeds through Saturday. In the NL, the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves had just three games between them for the last two spots.

"We're having a blast," said Tigers All-Star outfielder Riley Greene, part of his first pennant race. "This is the most fun I've had playing baseball, I think in my life."

Here's a look at the latest MLB standings:

The San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run against the Chicago White Sox during the eighth inning at Petco Park on Sept. 22.
The San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run against the Chicago White Sox during the eighth inning at Petco Park on Sept. 22.

(Updated 12:55 a.m. ET Wednesday, Sept 25)

AL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

  1. Baltimore Orioles (87-70): +4 games

  2. Detroit Tigers (83-74)

  3. Kansas City Royals (83-74)

  4. Minnesota Twins (81-76): 2 GB

  5. Seattle Mariners (81-77): 2.5 GB

NL wild card standings

Top three reach playoffs

  1. San Diego Padres (91-66): +4.5 games – clinched postseason spot Sept. 24

  2. New York Mets (87-70)

  3. Arizona Diamondbacks (87-71)

  4. Atlanta Braves (86-71): 0.5 GB

AL East

  1. New York Yankees (92-65) – clinched postseason spot Sept. 18

  2. Baltimore Orioles (87-70) – 5 GB

AL Central

  1. Cleveland Guardians (91-67) – clinched division Sept. 21

AL West

  1. Houston Astros (86-72) – clinched division Sept. 24

NL East

  1. Philadelphia Phillies (93-64) – clinched division Sept. 23

NL Central

  1. Milwaukee Brewers (90-67) – clinched division Sept. 18

NL West

  1. Los Angeles Dodgers (93-64) – clinched postseason spot Sept. 19

  2. San Diego Padres (91-66) – 2 GB – clinched postseason spot Sept. 24

  3. Arizona Diamondbacks (87-71) – 6.5 GB

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB wild card standings: 2024 playoff picture, AL and NL standings