MLB releases 2025 postseason schedule: Here’s when the Phillies might be playing

As the Phillies continue their postseason push, we now have an idea of when the club will be playing should they make the tournament. 

The NL and AL Wild Card Series will start on Tuesday, Sept. 30, with all four series being played over the next three days, MLB unveiled on Tuesday with the full 2025 postseason schedule. ESPN will be broadcasting all of the games on their various channels. The home team will host each game in a best-of-three series, a format that has been in place since 2022.

The AL and NL Division Series will start on Saturday, Oct. 4. This is particularly interesting to Phillies fans looking to make it to a home playoff game because as of Tuesday, the Phillies would host the first two games of the NLDS since they hold the second-best record in the NL. Game 2 of the NLDS takes place on Monday, Oct. 6. Should the series go the distance, the Phillies could potentially host a win-or-go-home Game 5 on Saturday, Oct. 11.

If the Phillies earn the No. 3 or 4 seed and advance past the Wild Card Series, they’d host NLDS Games 3 and 4 on Wednesday, Oct. 8 and Thursday, Oct. 9.

TNT will broadcast the NL side of the bracket while FOX and FS1 will take the AL. The ALCS will start on Sunday, Oct. 12, while the NLCS opens on Monday, Oct. 13. 

The World Series is scheduled to start on Friday, Oct. 24, with FOX broadcasting the entirety of the series. MLB has also announced that it will not move up the start date of the Fall Classic if both LCS wrap up early, a contingency in place (but not realized) last year.

Times for all of the games will be announced after the end of the season when the postseason bracket has been finalized.