What to watch during MLB's final weekend of the 2025 season - ESPN

We made it to the final weekend of the 2025 MLB regular season.

It has been one wild, fun ride, especially if you're a fan of the Milwaukee Brewers or Seattle Mariners or Cleveland Guardians — less so, especially recently, if you're a fan of the Detroit Tigers or New York Mets.

What's at stake this weekend? From teams playing out the string to those who are battling for a chance to play October baseball, here are the biggest storylines to follow over the next two days.

Note: This has been updated with where things stand heading into Saturday's games.

The American League Central was over… except it wasn't. The Detroit Tigers finally snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday, but, the Guardians have still won 17 of their last 20 games while the Tigers have lost 11 of 13. The teams were tied for the division lead heading into the final weekend, which remains the case after both lost on Friday night, but Cleveland holds the tiebreaker having won the season series — putting the Guardians on the verge of the biggest September comeback in MLB history to win a pennant or division (currently 8.5 games when the 1964 Cardinals chased down the Phillies)

Check out this timeline of the AL Central standings and odds for the Tigers and Guardians to win the division, via FanGraphs:

July 8: Cleveland 15.5 games back of Detroit (Tigers: 98.8%, Guardians: 0.1%)

Aug. 25: 12.5 games back (99.9%, 0.0%)

Sept. 1: 10.5 games back (99.8%, 0.2%)

Sept. 10: 9.5 games back (99.9%, 0.1%)

Sept. 17: 4.5 games back (95.4%, 4.6%)

Sept. 20: 1 game back (62.3%, 37.7%)

Sept. 24: Cleveland up one game (18.8%, 81.2%)

Sept. 25: Tied for division lead (34.1%, 65.9%)

The Guardians now lead the division by that