Just seven teams remain in the chase for the 2025 World Series title following the Toronto Blue Jays' elimination of the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

The Mariners advanced to the ALCS when J.P. Crawford scored the winning run in the bottom of the 15th against the Tigers.

The 2025 MLB playoff field is set and all that's left is all the glory. The Wild Card Series begin Tuesday afternoon with four best-of-three matchups. From there, those four winners will move onto the League Division Series, where the top two teams in each league will join the mix after a first-round bye.

The Detroit Tigers, led by ace Tarik Skubal, have set a standard of reaching the ALDS, but they've fallen short in Game 5 in back-to-back seasons.

Twenty-five of MLB's 30 teams have won at least one World Series. Five franchises have yet to hoist the Commissioner's Trophy: the Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays.

The rotation was inconsistent for most of the season but really settled in down the stretch. The best versions of Bryan Woo, Logan Gilbert, George Kirby and Luis Castillo would mean four frontline starters (think 2005 White Sox ). The back-end of the bullpen is great, too, with All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz leading the way.

Major League Baseball continues to target India as a growth market saying on Monday it had signed a deal to broadcast every game of the 2020 and 2021 World Series in the country and will bring back talent search contest the Million Dollar Arm.

If you're a traditionalist and want the most deserving teams to make it, this is the matchup for you. Even if you're not impressed with Toronto's run differential (third best in the American League), the Jays have been excellent since late May. Since May 27, they had the second-best record in the majors -- behind just the Brewers.

October baseball has arrived, and that means the World Series is close. Starting on Friday, October 24, two teams will battle it out in a best-of-seven series for the biggest prize in MLB.