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The Milwaukee Brewers will bring the best record in the majors into the NLCS against the defending World Series champion Dodgers. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The 2025 major league baseball season is heating up as it winds down. MLB’s penultimate playoff round begins this weekend with the American League championship series, when the Toronto Blue Jays host the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. The National League championship series will start one day later on Monday in Milwaukee, when the 97-win Brewers meet the Los Angeles Dodgers after defeating the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the NLDS Saturday. The Brewers won all six games against the Dodgers this season. The ALCS and NLCS are best-of-seven, and the staggered starts enable MLB to maximize television exposure. The winners will play in the World Series to begin Oct. 24. The Final Four contains champs and upstarts, big-spenders and the budget conscious. The free-spending Dodgers, whose payroll is a major league-high $350.3 million this season, are in position to become the first repeat World Series winner since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998-2000. The Brewers’ payroll ranks 22nd at $126.6 million. Toronto went all in on first baseman Vladimir Guerrero, signing him to a 14-year, $500 million contract extension two weeks into the regular season, and it paid off. The Brewers are playing for their first World Series berth since 1982, when they lost to St. Louis in seven games in their only previous appearance. The Mariners have never never there. American League Championship Series Schedule Sunday: Seattle at Toronto, FOX, 8:08 pm ET Monday: Seattle at Toronto, FOX, 5:08 pm ET Wednesday: Toronto at Seattle, FOX, TBD Thursday: Toronto at Seattle, FOX, TBD Friday: Toronto at Seattle, FOX, TBD (if necessary)…

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