Wednesday's late finish of the Dodgers vs. Reds series prompted MLB to move Cleveland's Game 3 showdown with Detroit back by two hours.

The second day of the 2025 MLB playoffs is in the books and three out of four series are headed to a do-or-die Game 3. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the lone team to wrap up their Wild Card Series, sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in dominating fashion.

In a month or so, we will know the 2025 World Series champion, but we have a whole bunch of games to go before then.

No matter what happened, the last day of Disney’s expiring contract with Major League Baseball was coming Thursday. ESPN and ABC will go out with a bang. MORE: Netflix’s Montreal Expos documentary looks like a true crime thriller For only the second time in the history of baseball’s postseason,

The Chicago Cubs are set for a winner-take-all NL Wild Card Game 3 against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field today. Find out how to watch for free.

After splitting the first two games of their Wild Card series, the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres meet for a decisive Game 3 at Wrigley Field, with the winner advancing to face the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS. First pitch is scheduled for 5:08 p.m. ET, and the game will be shown nationally on ESPN.

The 2025 Major League Baseball postseason is set to kick off on Tuesday with a quartet of wild-card games. From there, the race to the World Series will be on.

The MLB postseason continues Thursday with the AL and NL wild-card series. Which squads will come out on top and advance to the next round of the playoffs?

ESPN’s final year with Major League Baseball’s wild-card round was a historic one. The network announced Monday that the wild-card round of the playoffs last week averaged 4.6 million viewers. That’s up 64% from last year’s games and a record in the history of the three-game wild card format.