Padres Officially Set as Cubs’ Opponents in Wild Card Round

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West on Thursday, officially making the San Diego Padres a Wild Card team. Whether they end up as the fourth or fifth seed is still to be determined, but we now know the Cubs’ first-round opponent.

We've got an NL Wild Card matchup!

The @Padres and @Cubs will square off in a best-of-3 series begining on Tues, Sept. 30.

The venue will be decided this weekend 👀 pic.twitter.com/jF2HdC0M1q

— MLB (@MLB) September 25, 2025

The location of the first-round series will be decided this weekend. The Cubs hold a slight lead over the Padres, but the teams split the season series, three games apiece. Since the Padres have a better in-division record, they hold the tiebreaker. The team with the better overall record will host all three games of the series, if necessary.