Major League Baseball today announced the complete broadcast schedule for the 2025 Wild Card Series. The 2025 postseason will have four Wild Card Series games scheduled each day from Tuesday through Thursday under a best-of-three format, all available on ESPN’s family of networks.
The MLB Wild Card Series will be available in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App. ESPN Radio will also provide live national coverage of all 2025 MLB Postseason games, beginning with the Wild Card Series. In addition, MLB Network will have extensive studio coverage of the Wild Card Series.
The 2025 postseason schedule, subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason and below.
WILD CARD SERIES
All times ET
Tuesday, Sept. 30
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 1: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 1: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 1: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 1: 9 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 2: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 2: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 2: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 2: 9 p.m. on ESPN
Thursday, Oct. 2
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 9 p.m. on ESPN
*(if necessary)
FOR ANY THREE-GAME SCENARIOS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:
If the DET @ CLE series is over, then there are no changes to the original schedule.
If the SD @ CHC series is over, then:
DET @ CLE moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 1:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
BOS @ NYY remains at 6:08 p.m. ET on ESPN.
CIN @ LAD remains at 9:08 p.m. ET/6:08 p.m. PT on ESPN.
If the BOS @ NYY series is over, then:
DET @ CLE moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 1:08 p.m. on ESPN).
SD @ CHC moves to 6:08 p.m. ET/5:08 p.m. CT on ESPN (instead of 3:08 p.m. ET/2:08 p.m. CT) on ABC).
CIN @ LAD remains at 9:08 p.m. ET/6:08 p.m. PT on ESPN.
If the CIN @ LAD series is over, then:
DET @ CLE moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 1:08 p.m. on ESPN).
SD @ CHC moves to 5:08 p.m. ET/4:08 p.m. CT on ESPN (instead of 3:08 p.m. ET/2:08 p.m. CT on ABC).
BOS @ NYY moves to 8:08 p.m. ET on ESPN (instead of 6:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
FOR ANY TWO-GAME SCENARIOS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:
If the DET @ CLE and BOS @ NYY series end, then:
SD @ CHC remains at 3:08 p.m. ET/2:08 p.m. CT on ABC.
CIN @ LAD moves to 7:38 p.m. ET/4:38 p.m. PT on ESPN (instead of 9:08 p.m. ET/6:08 p.m. PT on ESPN).
If the DET @ CLE and SD @ CHC series end, then:
BOS @ NYY moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 6:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
CIN @ LAD moves to 7:38 p.m. ET/4:38 p.m. PT on ESPN (instead of 9:08 p.m. ET/6:08 p.m. PT on ESPN).
If the DET @ CLE and CIN @ LAD series end, then:
SD @ CHC remains at 3:08 p.m. ET/2:08 p.m. CT on ABC.
BOS @ NYY moves to 7:38 p.m. ET on ESPN (instead of 6:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
If the SD @ CHC and CIN @ LAD series end, then:
DET @ CLE moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 1:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
BOS @ NYY moves to 7:38 p.m. ET on ESPN (instead of 6:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
If the BOS @ NYY and SD @ CHC series end, then:
DET @ CLE moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 1:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
CIN @ LAD moves to 7:38 p.m. ET/4:38 p.m. PT on ESPN (instead of 9:08 p.m. ET/6:08 p.m. PT on ESPN).
If the BOS @ NYY and CIN @ LAD series end, then:
DET @ CLE moves to 3:08 p.m. ET on ABC (instead of 1:08 p.m. ET on ESPN).
SD @ CHC moves to 7:38 p.m. ET/6:38 p.m. CT on ESPN (instead of 3:08 p.m. ET/2:08 p.m. CT on ABC).
FOR ANY ONE-GAME SCENARIO ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:
If there is only one game, then it will be scheduled at 7:38 p.m. ET on ESPN.
DIVISION SERIES
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Saturday, Oct. 4
ALDS A, Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
NLDS A, Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
Sunday, Oct. 5
ALDS A, Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Monday, Oct. 6
NLDS A, Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
Tuesday, Oct. 7
ALDS A, Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Wednesday, Oct. 8
NLDS A, Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALDS A, Game 4* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 4* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Thursday, Oct. 9
NLDS A, Game 4* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 4* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
Friday, Oct. 10
ALDS A, Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Saturday, Oct. 11
NLDS A, Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
*(if necessary)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
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Sunday, Oct. 12
ALCS Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Monday, Oct. 13
NLCS Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Tuesday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
Wednesday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Thursday, Oct. 16
NLCS Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 4 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Friday, Oct. 17
NLCS Game 4 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Saturday, Oct. 18
NLCS Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
Sunday, Oct. 19
ALCS Game 6* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Monday, Oct. 20
NLCS Game 6* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 7* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
Tuesday, Oct. 21
NLCS Game 7* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
*(if necessary)
WORLD SERIES
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Friday, Oct. 24
Game 1, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Saturday, Oct. 25
Game 2, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Monday, Oct. 27
Game 3 (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Tuesday, Oct. 28
Game 4 (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Wednesday, Oct. 29
Game 5* (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Friday, Oct. 31
Game 6*, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Saturday, Nov. 1
Game 7*, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)
*(if necessary)
FOX Sports and FOX Deportes will present live telecast coverage of the World Series for the 28th time. All games telecast on TNT Sports platforms, FOX and FS1 will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider. The Wild Card Series will also be available via the ESPN App. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all 2025 MLB postseason games, beginning with the Wild Card Series.
In addition to coverage by FOX Deportes, 2025 postseason games will also be telecast in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and Univision, while Univision Radio will provide Spanish language audio coverage. The 2025 postseason will be broadcast to 203 countries by 44 media partners in 16 languages around the globe.