2025 American League Wild Card Series
| 2025 American League Wild Card Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 30 – October 2 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1 & 2) ABC (Game 3) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Sean McDonough, Todd Frazier, and Taylor McGregor | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Mike Ferrin and Kyle Peterson | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Adam Beck, Vic Carapazza (crew chief), Shane Livensparger, David Rackley, Stu Scheurwater, Carlos Torres | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 30 – October 2 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Karl Ravech, David Cone, Eduardo Pérez, and Buster Olney | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Roxy Bernstein and Gregg Olson | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Scott Barry, Dan Iassogna (crew chief), John Libka, Gabe Morales, Mark Ripperger, Junior Valentine | ||||||||||||
The 2025 American League Wild Card Series were the two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2025 postseason to determine the participating teams of the 2025 American League Division Series (ALDS). Both Wild Card Series began on September 30, with Game 2s scheduled for October 1. ESPN was the broadcaster for most of both series (except for Game 3 of the Guardians vs Tigers series which was on ABC) in the United States, together with ESPN Radio.
These matchups are:
- (3) Cleveland Guardians (AL Central champions) vs. (6) Detroit Tigers (third wild card): Tigers won the series, 2–1.
- (4) New York Yankees (first wild card) vs. (5) Boston Red Sox (second wild card): Yankees won the series, 2–1.