Dodgers clinch playoff berth with 91st win; 14th consecutive postseason appearance ties Braves record

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their 14th consecutive playoff berth on Monday, September 14, with a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, according to CBS Sports. The win brought the Dodgers to 91 wins and ties them with the Atlanta Braves for the longest streak of consecutive postseason appearances in baseball history, a run the Braves maintained from 1991 through 2005. The clinching secures the Dodgers alongside the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League playoff bracket as the regular season approaches its conclusion on Sunday, September 27. The postseason will begin with four Wild Card Series starting Tuesday, September 29, with those matchups concluding no later than Thursday, October 1. The Division Series will follow on Saturday, October 3, the League Championship Series no earlier than Sunday, October 11, and the World Series on Friday, October 23, with a potential Game 7 scheduled for Saturday, October 31. The Dodgers have won the World Series in two of the past three seasons, per CBS Sports. In the 2024 postseason, they entered as the No. 1 overall seed and won the title. Last year they won the crown as the three seed in the National League and participated in the Wild Card Series. The Dodgers have also been swept in the NLDS as the one seed. The Dodgers carry several roster assets into the playoff stretch. Per CBS Sports, the team has won the NL West 13 times in the past 14 years, the sole exception being 2021, when they won 106 games and beat the 107-win San Francisco Giants in the playoffs. The roster includes three different former MVP winners, according to CBS Sports. In terms of pitching, the Dodgers had four frontline starting pitchers in 2025: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani is on the injured list due to lingering knee and biceps injuries and likely will not pitch again this season, per CBS Sports. Manager Dave Roberts said when Ohtani landed on the IL that his superstar would still be playing if the postseason had arrived. The Dodgers sit in the top five in runs, batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage in baseball, according to CBS Sports. The Dodgers came into the season as World Series favorites and retain that designation, per CBS Sports. The team carries the top payroll in baseball. Mookie Betts remarked on the weight of expectation: "The easy answer is to say it sucks. But honestly, it's a blessing. There are 750 ballplayers and I'm pretty sure all 750 would want to be in the same shoes, knowing that you're the favorites to win the World Series pretty much every year," according to CBS Sports. One roster note: and has finished in the top five of MVP voting previously. He has homered in three of his last five games, per CBS Sports. Additionally, no pitcher has been named MVP since Clayton Kershaw in 2014; the last AL pitcher to win the award was Justin Verlander in 2011.