2024 MLB playoff picture: Baseball standings, bracket with Braves, Mets set up for crucial doubleheader Monday

The 2024 MLB regular season has two more games: a pivotal doubleheader in Atlanta

While most MLB teams played Game 162 of the regular season on Sunday, the regular season is not quite finished. Sunday was slated to be the final day of action for the 2024 regular season, but there is still one playoff race left undecided -- and it needs an extra day to sort things out. Eleven teams have clinched spots in the 12-team playoff field after the New York Mets clinched a playoff berth with a dramatic 8-7 win in Game 1 of their doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves.

One spot remains up for grabs in the NL wild-card race, and two teams -- the Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks -- are trying to clinch it. The Braves win Game 2, and they're in. If Atlanta loses, the D-backs are back in the playoffs. The 2024 MLB postseason starts Tuesday (here's the full schedule).

The Yankees have the No. 1 seed in the American League, while the Dodgers claimed the National League's top seed and home-field advantage through the entire postseason. The Guardians and Phillies both have first-round byes. The Astros and Brewers both won their divisions and will host Wild Card Series this week as No. 3 seeds. The Orioles and Padres have locked up the No. 4 seeds in the AL and NL, respectively.

The only other seed that changed hands on Sunday was the AL's No. 5 spot. The Royals beat the Braves and the Tigers fell to the White Sox to give Kansas City the No. 5 seed in the American League.

By way of reminder, MLB now grants 12 playoff berths -- a total of six to the division winners and then three wild-card berths in each league. The top two division winners in each league as measured by overall record are rewarded with first-round byes, which means they won't have to play in the best-of-three Wild Card Series that functions as that first round.

Now let's get you caught up on the bracket, standings and more. All division and postseason projections referenced in the standings come from SportsLine.

2024 MLB playoff picture, bracket

As it stands heading into Monday's Braves-Mets doubleheader...
American League
Byes: No. 1 Yankees, No. 2 Guardians
Wild Card Series: No. 3 Astros vs. No. 6 Tigers, No. 4 Orioles vs. No. 5 Royals

National League
Byes: No. 1 Dodgers, No. 2 Phillies
Wild Card Series: No. 3 Brewers vs. No. 6 Mets, No. 4 Padres vs. No. 5 Braves

Who's clinched?

• The Yankees clinched the AL East and the No. 1 seed in the American League
• The Dodgers clinched the NL West, the No. 1 seed in the National League and home-field advantage throughout the postseason
• The Guardians clinched the AL Central and a first-round bye
• The Phillies clinched the NL East and a first-round bye
• The Brewers clinched the NL Central
• The Astros clinched the AL West
• The Tigers have clinched an AL wild-card spot
• The Royals have clinched an AL wild-card spot
• The Orioles have clinched an AL wild-card spot
• The Padres have clinched an NL wild-card spot

MLB magic numbers

(Entering Monday, Sept. 30)

• NL playoff spots: Braves -- 1, Mets -- 1, Diamondbacks -- 2

Notable tiebreakers

(Note: Two-team MLB tiebreakers are determined by head-to-head record. If teams have the same head-to-head record, intradivision record is used.)

• The Braves currently hold the tiebreaker against the Mets
• The Mets and Braves have clinched the tiebreaker against the D-backs

American League standings

National League standings

Clinched division - x
Clinched wild-card - y
Clinched playoff berth - z
Eliminated - e

MLB wild-card standings

2024 World Series odds

• Dodgers: +330
• Phillies: +420
• Yankees: +450
• Astros: +700
• Padres: +850
• Guardians: +1000
• Orioles: +1100
• Brewers: +1800
• Braves: +2000
• Royals: +2500
• Tigers: +2800
• Mets: +3000
• Diamondbacks: +4000