Full Rosters for Every MLB Playoff Team as Divisional Round Kicks Off

Liam McKeone | Oct 1, 2025

Shohei Ohtani led the Dodgers to a Game 1 win in the divisional around of the MLB potseason. / Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

The 2025 MLB postseason is underway, and there is plenty of reason to be excited about this year's Fall Classic. The wild card round proved as much.

After a whirlwind of a regular season that resulted in a few powerhouse clubs but no runaway World Series favorite, the first round of the postseason was a narrow affair. Three of the four series needed to go the maximum three games allowed to determine a winner. The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry was rekindled a bit with New York emerging victorious. The Tigers were able to avenge their awful late-season collapse by upsetting the Guardians in Cleveland over the course of three games. And the Cubs-Padres finale was marred by a late bad call by the umpire to sink San Diego's final hopes, but Chicago certainly earned its wild card berth.

With the divisional round kicking off on October 4, we've collected every team's playoff roster in one place. Before the start of every series, teams are required to narrow down their roster to 26 players. It's quite a cutdown from the regular season's 40-man roster. Some teams have tough decisions to make when crafting a postseason roster; some do not. But part of the playoff fun every year is breaking down every team's chosen postseason roster for strengths, weaknesses, and potential oversights.

Here is the playoff roster for every MLB postseason team entering the second round of the playoffs.

MLB Playoff Rosters 2025

Detroit Tigers Division Series Roster

Coming off a big series win over the Guardians, the Tigers were happy to welcome back Colt Keith as they kicked off their divisional round matchup with the Mariners. Additionally Detroit did some fiddling with the bullpen between rounds, adding Brenan Hanifee in place of Paul Sewald.

PLAYER	POSITION
Tarik Skubal	Starting Pitcher (SP)
Casey Mize	SP
Jack Flaherty	SP
Kyle Finnegan	Relief Pitcher (RP)
Tommy Kahnle	RP
Troy Melton	RP
Rafael Montero	RP
Brenan Hanifee	RP
Keider Montero	RP
Wlil Vest	RP
Tyler Horton	RP
Brant Hurter	RP
Dillon Dingler	Catcher (C)
Jake Rogers	C
Javier Báez	Infielder (IF)
Zach McKinstry	IF
Spencer Torkelson	IF
Trey Sweeney	IF
Gleyber Torres	IF
Colt Keith	IF
Kerry Carpenter	Outfielder (OF)
Wenceel Pérez	OF
Riley Greene	OF
Andy Ibáñez	OF
Jahmai Jones	OF
Parker Meadows	OF

Seattle Mariners Division Series Roster

The Mariners enjoyed their best regular season in decades in 2025. Seattle won 90 games and emerged AL West champs for the first time since 2001. Now the team has a date with the Tigers to advance to the ALCS and win a playoff series for the first time since the early aughts.

Here's what the division series roster looks like for the Mariners.

PLAYER	POSITION
George Kirby	SP
Luis Castillo	SP
Bryce Miller	SP
Logan Gilbert	SP
Eduard Bazardo	RP
Matt Brash	RP
Caleb Ferguson	RP
Emerson Hancock	RP
Luke Jackson	RP
Andrés Muñoz	RP
Gabe Speier	RP
Carlos Vargas	RP
Harry Ford	C
Mitch Garver	C
Cal Raleigh	C
Randy Arozarena	OF
Dominic Canzone	OF
Victor Robles	OF
Julio Rodríguez	OF
J.P. Crawford	IF
Josh Naylor	IF
Jorge Polanco	IF
Leo Rivas	IF
Eugenio Suárez	IF
Ben Williamson	IF
Luke Raley	OF/IF

Chicago Cubs Division Series Roster

The Cubs put forth a great regular season and carried over their winning ways to the wild card round, beating the Padres in a best-of-three series at Wrigley Field. But a tough draw awaits in the form of a divisional foe for the second round of the postseason. The Cubs will battle the Brewers, who posted MLB's best record in 2025 with 97 wins. It should be a great matchup.

Chicago kept its roster largely intact from the opening round of the postseason, only adding Ben Brown and taking out Taylor Rogers in the bullpen.

PLAYER	POSITION
Matthew Boyd	SP
Shota Imanaga	SP
Jameson Taillon	SP
Aaron Civale	RP
Brad Keller	RP
Daniel Palencia	RP
Drew Pomeranz	RP
Andrew Kittredge	RP
Ben Brown	RP
Colin Rea	RP
Michael Soroka	RP
Caleb Thielbar	RP
Carson Kelly	C
Reese McGuire	C
Moisés Ballesteros	C
Pete Crow-Armstrong	OF
Ian Happ	OF
Kevin Alcántara	OF
Seiya Suzuki	OF
Kyle Tucker	OF
Willi Castro	OF
Nico Hoerner	IF
Justin Turner	IF
Dansby Swanson	IF
Matt Shaw	IF
Michael Busch	IF

Milwaukee Brewers Divisional Round Roster

The Brewers are finally embarking on playoff baseball after a dominant regular season in which they led all teams with 97 wins. But such success will be quickly forgotten if not followed up with a postseason run. With a inter-division rival drawn for the division series, Milwaukee at least knows its opponent quite well in Chicago.

Here's what the division series roster looks like for the Brewers.

PLAYER	POSITION
Freddy Peralta	SP
Quinn Priester	SP
Jose Quintana	SP
Jacob Misiorowski	SP
Chad Patrick	SP
Grant Anderson	RP
Aaron Ashby	RP
Robert Gasser	RP
Jared Koenig	RP
Nick Mears	RP
Trevor Megill	RP
Abner Uribe	RP
William Contreras	C
Danny Jansen	C
Jackson Chourio	OF
Isaac Collins	OF
Sal Frelick	OF
Brandon Lockridge	OF
Blake Perkins	OF
Christian Yelich	OF
Caleb Durbin	IF
Andruw Monasterio	IF
Joey Ortiz	IF
Brice Turang	IF
Andrew Vaughn	IF
Jake Bauers	IF

Toronto Blue Jays Division Series Roster

Thanks to a wild last few weeks in September, the Blue Jays won the AL East on the final day of the regular season. Their reward? A matchup with the talented but inconsistent Yankees in the division series. Toronto is in great shape to win its first playoff series in nearly a decade. But it won't be easy, even with homefield advantage.

Here's what the Blue Jays division series roster looks like. Their roster for this round of the playoffs perhaps the most different from the regular season out of any remaining teams; Bo Bichette and Chris Bassit are still battling injury, while Max Schrezer was left off the roster entirely.

PLAYER	POSITION
Kevin Gausman	SP
Eric Lauer	SP
Shane Bieber	RP
Justin Bruihl	RP
Seranthony Domínguez	RP
Braydon Fisher	RP
Mason Fluharty	RP
Jeff Hoffman	RP
Brendon Little	RP
Tommy Nance	RP
Yariel Rodriguez	RP
Louis Varland	RP
Trey Yesavage	RP
Tyler Heineman	C
Alejandro Kirk	C
Nathan Lukes	OF
Anthony Santander	OF
Davis Schneider	OF
George Springer	OF
Myles Straw	OF
Daulton Varsho	OF
Addison Barger	IF
Ernie Clement	IF
Andrés Giménez	IF
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	IF
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	IF

New York Yankees Division Series Roster

Nobody was entirely sure what we'd see out of the Yankees come postseason. But they shook off a tough Game 1 loss in the wild card round to beat the rival Red Sox in two straight to advance. It was a total team effort and one New York wants to carry over into the next matchup with the Blue Jays.

To that end, the Yanks only made one change to their playoff roster between the wild card and division series round: adding starter Luis Gil for reliever Mark Lieter Jr.

PLAYER	POSITION
Max Fried	SP
Carlos Rodón	SP
Cam Schlittler	SP
Luis Gil	SP
David Bednar	RP
Fernando Cruz	RP
Paul Blackburn	RP
Camilo Doval	RP
Tim Hill	RP
Will Warren	RP
Luke Weaver	RP
Devin Williams	RP
J.C. Escarra	C
Austin Wells	C
Jasson Domínguez	OF
Aaron Judge	OF
Giancarlo Stanton	OF
Trent Grisham	OF
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	IF
Paul Goldschmidt	IF
Ryan McMahon	IF
Anthony Volpe	IF
Cody Bellinger	IF/OF
José Caballero	IF/OF
Ben Rice	IF/OF
Amed Rosario	IF/OF

Philadelphia Phillies Division Series Roster

The Phillies enjoyed another excellent regular season, making a serious push for the best record in MLB but falling just behind the Brewers with 96 wins. But they didn't get an easy draw for the division series. Philadelphia's first playoff bout this fall will come against the defending champion Dodgers, who looked quite mortal throughout the season before sweeping the Reds with ease in the wild card round.

It'll be a great series to watch and the Phillies are ready to battle. Here's what their division series roster looks like.

PLAYER	POSITION
Jesús Luzardo	SP
Cristopher Sanchez	SP
Ranger Suarez	SP
Taijuan Walker	SP
Walker Buehler	SP
Aaron Nola	SP
Tanner Banks	RP
Tim Mayza	RP
Matt Strahm	RP
Jhoan Duran	RP
Orion Kerkering	RP
David Robertson	RP
J.T. Realmuto	C
Rafael Marchan	C
Harrison Bader	OF
Nick Castellanos	OF
Max Kepler	OF
Brandon Marsh	OF
Weston Wilson	OF
Alec Brohm	IF
Bryce Harper	IF
Otto Kemp	IF
Edmundo Sosa	IF
Bryson Stott	IF
Trea Turner	IF
Kyle Schwarber	DH

Los Angeles Dodgers Division Series Roster

Most doubts about the Dodgers' chances of repeating as World Series champs were swept away with their summary discarding of the Reds in the wild card round. Los Angeles looked more vulnerable than ever throughout the regular season and then barley broke a sweat against Cincinnati to advance to the division series, where the Phillies await.

Entering the next round of the postseason the Dodgers fiddled a bit with the pitching staff, bringing Clayton Kershaw aboard in his farewell season as well as Anthony Banda. Justin Wrobleski and Edgardo Henriquez were left off in their steads.

PLAYER	POSITION
Blake Snell	SP
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	SP
Clayton Kershaw	SP
Alex Vesia	RP
Emmet Sheehan	RP
Tyler Glasnow	RP
Jak Dreyer	RP
Tanner Scott	RP
Blake Treinen	RP
Roki Sasaki	RP
Anthony Banda	RP
Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
Will Smith	C
Ben Rortvedt	C
Dalton Rushing	C
Andy Pages	OF
Teoscar Hernández	OF
Alex Call	OF
Justin Dean	OF
Mookie Betts	IF
Freddie Freeman	IF
Max Muncy	IF
Miguel Rojas	IF
Tommy Edman	IF/OF
Kiké Hernández	IF/OF
Hyeseong Kim	IF/OF

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