This Week in Sportsball (9/25/25 - 10/3/25)

By Jael Hernandez

Word Count: 1693

Estimated Read Time: 8 minutes

Photo Credit: Davis Long/Yahoo Sports Caption: October baseball is here!

October baseball is here! Who will take home the World Series?

It’s that time of week! This Week in Sportsball, where I cover the most recent events throughout the sports world over the past week! The MLB postseason officially begins and I’ll go over the lucky 12, Champions League football continues and the NFL goes into Week 4!

MLB This Week

We have arrived, my friends. Since March, every team has been playing, travelling, doing everything they can do to make it onto the grand stage of October. Many teams have suffered bitter disappointments, and we’ve seen some hilarious failures. 12 survivors remained, each vying for immortality. Then the Wild Card happened…

Boston Red Sox

Boston lives through the mantra, “the ends justify the means”. They traded Devers away, did nothing at the trade deadline, settled for Nathaniel Lowe, yet here they are. Garrett Crochet is a gift from heaven; the guy’s been astounding all season. The pitching staff as a whole has been on fire for the second half of the season. Even Trevor Story is back to his prime form. And let’s not forget Aroldis Chapman either. The Cuban Missile didn’t give up a hit for three months. I didn’t see him do this shit in Pittsburgh. Maybe he finally learned how to aim his pitches. But that doesn’t matter anymore, Red Sox are the last to Cancun.

New York Yankees

They had control of the AL East, until they didn’t. Aaron Judge doing what he usually does; beat the shit out of a baseball. They’ve got a solid roster, but true enemies come from within. Devin Williams? Terrorist. He’s basically gotten bailed out by Judge at every turn. And they had to face Boston for their Wild Card matchup. 

Toronto Blue Jays

All it took for these guys to get off the ground was just to wait. In spite of an awful start to the year and their offseason acquisitions being questionable at best, the Jays are back. In their home stadium, they’ve got the 2nd-best home record in baseball (54-27). The Jays have done the impossible: make John Schneider look like a decent manager. They barely avoided blowing the division at the last minute, but baseball isn’t always kind.

Cleveland Guardians

Like the Undertaker, they’re back from the dead. Everyone thought they were finished back in July. They lost Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz to a gambling scandal, AND shipped away the face of their pitching staff at the deadline. Then in September, they caught on fire (the good kind). And they ended up winning the division. The bullshit is real, everyone! But jokes aside, they have a solid pitching rotation, some good hitters, especially Jose Ramirez. So they should’ve beaten Detroit, right? RIGHT?!

Detroit Tigers

How pathetic. They had a 14-game lead in July, by the way. Same thing going into September. They proceeded to go 7-17. Monumental collapse. Why didn’t they get a hitter or two at the trade deadline? What’s their solution? Run Skubal into the ground, that’s what. The only reason they’re here is because the Astros did their best Challenger impression (exploded and not the good kind). But I guess they win in the end. They lost the division, but at least they’re in the NLDS now.

Seattle Mariners

What a world we live in. When you look back at late August, the Mariners looked to fall behind their big bro Astros in the AL West. Now they take their first AL West title since 2001. The dick punch shall wait. Instead, the Mariners are given a blessing. 60 homers from a switch-hitting catcher, with even more power alongside him. Julio Rodriguez is coming back into his own after a disastrous 2024, a career year for Jorge Polanco, plus a bunch of absolute dogs in their lineup. Oh, and they have one of the best collections of arms in baseball. This is the best team the Mariners have had for a long time, but can they hit above .230? If so, the floodgates open. Etsy witches were also a big help. Now is the time, Seattle, make it count.

Philadelphia Phillies

Impressive, but predictable. Kyle Schwarber, what a player. It was supposed to be a fight for the NL East. Philly outran the Mets from day one. Harrison Bader and Jhoan Durán have been essential to this team. No Zack Wheeler, but they have one of the strongest rotations in the NL. Except Aaron Nola. But let’s look at the bright side, Tajuan Walker and Walker Buehler aren’t that bad this year! This might be their best and one of their last chances left.

Chicago Cubs

All the Cubs needed was Kyle Tucker and friends to bring them out of the abyss. Whether he’s getting paid, we’ll save that for later. The organization has taken a step forward. Solid power hitters, good fielding, they can get on base, and a solid bullpen. Their pitching rotation? Hit or miss. There’s obviously talent there, but I don’t think they can do it alone. Let’s hope there’s some defensive miracles. The Padres pushed them a little, but now the real competition begins.

Cincinnati Reds

Let’s take a moment TO LAUGH AT THE METS! Spent almost a billion in free agency and lost their spot to the Reds! Tito wins by doing absolutely nothing. Surviving the whole year with endless inconsistency, how they made it to the postseason, your guess is as good as mine. Reds can’t hit with runners in scoring position, but since everyone else imploded, they’ll do. Elly De La Cruz and friends. Will they hit bombs or whiff on a curveball? They are currently baseball’s? Block. It could be anything, perhaps even a competent team! For a second, they were! LEARN TO HIT THE BALL.

Milwaukee Brewers

MLB’s Charlie Brown. A pretty good roster all around. Priester and Peralta are doing good. Their bullpen is doing good. A solid lineup, but that’s the same story they tell us every year. And every year, we watch the Brewers fail time and time again. Are they finally gonna do something with their roster? Or are they gonna do what they normally do? Show up, win a game or round or two, and then bounce out by the NLCS?

Los Angeles Dodgers

There’s a reason teams play the full season, and we don’t just crown them champs immediately just because of how good they are on paper. Dealing with heavy injuries, that lineup has hit some rough slumps throughout the season. For a second, Shohei must’ve thought he was still with the Angels. Of course, since the Padres are perennial pissers, they claim the NL West once more. But it’s the postseason now, so they can leave all that in the regular season; time for a new start. It’s also Clayton Kershaw’s last ride, but it’d be pretty funny to see playoff Kershaw come back for one last ride, too. I know there’ll be a lot of hate watchers

San Diego Padres

If you thought San Diego was done doing everything possible for a title, then you’re wrong. When there is L.A. to beat, there is no such thing as a credit card limit. A nice lineup, a good pitching rotation, and a really damn good bullpen. This may be the best chance they have left. The Dodgers have been pretty inconsistent lately, so they should've won the division, right? Right? It doesn’t matter anymore, though. The Padres wet the bed once more…

Soccer This Week

Barcelona vs PSG (1-2)

Honestly, the best game this week.  Rashford opens up with an assist to Ferran Torres 19 minutes in, taking the lead early for Barcelona until 19-year-old Senny Mayulu equalizes it. Then Gonçalo Ramos scores in the last minute of the game to get the French team their three points. Not a good Wednesday afternoon for me.

Galatasaray vs Liverpool (1-0)

A second defeat has hit Liverpool. Collective amnesia strikes back as Liverpool seem to collectively forget how to play soccer. Recent Liverpool signing Florian Wirtz finally gets an assist, but unfortunately, it’s to the Turkish side, and Victor Osimhen scores. Liverpool spent around $500 million just to get stopped by Gündoğan and Torreira. And Liverpool’s lackluster defense didn’t help either, seeing Konaté on the field, Alisson decided it was time to go, the Brazilian now expected to be sidelined 7-8 weeks with an injury. After the match, Galatasaray tweeted out, “You’ll never walk alone, but sometimes you walk out without points.” 

NFL This Week

Seahawks vs Cardinals

Cardinals uniforms are wasted on such a trash-ass team, real damn shame. 2 wins doesn’t mean shit, they’re still bad. Seahawks pummel these guys all game, come the fourth quarter, it should be over right? I mean, the score is 20-6. With 5 minutes to go, the Cardinals mount a comeback on an exhausted and imploding defense and tie it with a minute left. And then the Cardinals fuck it up with 30 seconds again. Peak Cardinal gameplay right here. And with 5 seconds left, Seattle walks it off with a field goal. Not a win to be proud of to be honest…

Packers vs Cowboys

What was supposed to be Micah’s return to Dallas was instead the drunkest game of the year so far. Defense is nonexistent as both teams go back and forth. Green Bay gets the ball, Dallas defense sucks, touchdown. Then Dallas gets the ball, Green Bay defense sucks, touchdown. I’ve seen homeless dudes on the street make more sense than this game. They then go into overtime at 37-37. Dallas scores a field goal to take the lead with 5 minutes left. Green Bay tries to take the win with 12 seconds left, and completely whiffs the throw. Luckily, they now have a second left on the clock. So they go for a field goal and the game ends 40-40. Now we can sit around and laugh at both teams.

Giants vs Chargers

Let the Jaxson Dart era begin. Sure it’s against one of the tougher defenses in the league, but I’m sure they’ll have fun. Giants offense certainly looked refreshed with someone besides Russell Wilson at QB. And the Giants won? They really won! Wow.

Well that’s all for sportsball this week! A bit of a slow week, but October baseball is always a fun time, maybe you should go watch it. We’ll be back next week for another round.