Major League Baseball's 2025 regular season ends on Sunday, Sept. 28 with the postseason staring two days later.

Max Fried struck out 13 batters across seven shutout innings and set a career high with his 18th win as the New York Yankees beat the host Baltimore Orioles 7-0 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.

Eight divisions with four teams each, which is a huge shift from today's six divisions with five teams. The American League gets condensed (confined to the heavily populated East Coast out to the Great Lakes region), while the National League stretches out for far more square mileage.

When looking at the remaining strength of schedules, some MLB playoff competitors will have a harder time making the cut than others.