Could 2025 be the first time in over a decade no Texas team makes the postseason?

There is virtually no chance the Texas Rangers make the 2025 postseason heading into the final week of the regular season but there's also a likelihood something out of the ordinary occurs in the final six games throughout Major League Baseball.

With Texas out for the second straight season, this leaves just the Houston Astros as the lone representative from the Lone Star State this fall, something that has happened many times over the past decade. But there's a potential rarity this week, the Astros could miss out of the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

If they do, it would mark the first time since 2014 that the MLB postseason hasn't feature a team from the state of Texas. It would also mean a team outside of the state would secure the American League West Division for the first time in 11 years.

MLB playoffs have featured a Texas team every year since 2015

When the Astros joined the Rangers in the American League West back in 2013, both teams were searching for an identity in multiple different ways. The Rangers were a few years off back-to-back World Series appearances but still couldn't get the job done. The Astros were fresh off another 100-loss season and fortunes didn't switch much during their inaugural AL West season, securing 111 losses.

A few years into sharing a division, the tides started to turn for both organizations. Texas won the division in 2015 and the Astros made their first playoff appearance since going to the 2005 World Series.

Since that year, at least one playoff game has been played within the state of Texas, unfortunately for Rangers fans, the Astros have played in most of those games.

This streak is in danger of coming to an end this season. After suffering an 0-6 week last week, the Rangers enter the final six games with a 0% chance of making the postseason. Houston split the week, 3-3, and suddenly find themselves tied with Cleveland for the final AL Wild Card spot.