MLB wild card predictions with picks for Yankees-Red Sox playoff showdown
- - MLB wild card predictions with picks for Yankees-Red Sox playoff showdown
Jesse Yomtov, Gabe Lacques and Bob Nightengale, USA TODAYSeptember 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Entering its fourth year, Major League Baseball's new playoff format featuring the best-of-three wild card series has already created some memorable moments and impressive upsets.
Last year's World Series participants, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, find themselves in the extra round of games for the first time. The Yankees host the Boston Red Sox in the Bronx, the latest postseason meeting in baseball's most storied rivalry.
The Cincinnati Reds visit Dodger Stadium, the Chicago Cubs play the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and the Detroit Tigers head to Cleveland to face the Guardians. Things get underway with a quadruple-header on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
Here's how the USA TODAY Sports MLB writers and editors see MLB's wild card series shaking out:
Mookie Betts and the Dodgers face the Cincinnati Reds in the NL wild card series.MLB wild card predictionsYankees vs. Red Sox -
Bob Nightengale: Yankees in 3
Gabe Lacques: Yankees in 2
Jesse Yomtov: Red Sox in 3
Guardians vs. Tigers -
Bob Nightengale: Guardians in 3
Gabe Lacques: Tigers in 2
Jesse Yomtov: Guardians in 2
Dodgers vs. Reds -
Bob Nightengale: Dodgers in 2
Gabe Lacques: Dodgers in 2
Jesse Yomtov: Dodgers in 3
Cubs vs. Padres -
Bob Nightengale: Cubs in 3
Gabe Lacques: Padres in 2
Jesse Yomtov: Padres in 2
The Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw waves to fans as he exits the game against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. The Dodgers clinched a postseason berth in the win over the Giants but honored Kershaw instead of celebrating.
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1 / 72Must-see photos as MLB teams celebrate postseason berths and division titlesAndruw Monasterio of the Milwaukee Brewers is dunked with gatorade after a walk-off single in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field on Sept. 13, 2025, in Milwaukee. The win clinched a 2025 MLB postseason berth for the Brewers.
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