A few MLB playoff teams can sit back, relax and enjoy the opening round of the 2025 postseason .
The top two clubs in the American and National Leagues earned byes for the Wild Card Series and automatically qualified for the Division Series.
The No. 1-seeded Toronto Blue Jays and No. 2 Seattle Mariners will begin the playoffs in the ALDS, while the No. 1 Milwaukee Brewers and No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies clinched NLDS berths.
So, who could the Blue Jays, Mariners, Brewers and Phillies draw first this postseason? Here's how the Division Series bracket will take shape:
Do the MLB playoffs reseed teams?
The MLB playoffs follow a bracket format and do not reseed teams. That means, for example, the top-seeded Blue Jays will face the winner of the No. 4 New York Yankees -No. 5