![]() ![]() However, 10 of their 14 remaining games will come against the Astros, Yankees and Blue Jays.Ĭonversely, the Mariners have the easiest remaining schedule of any team in baseball - but they haven’t taken advantage of it recently. Baltimore, at 77-71, are the first team out of the AL playoff race right now, four games behind the Mariners for that third and final wild card spot. Still, that’s quite an accomplishment this late in the year for a team that was widely expected to lose 100 games for the fourth consecutive full season. The Orioles’ playoff hopes are hanging by a thread. Houston (+175) is the favorite to win the AL pennant, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. 1 seed in the AL playoffs as they have an eight-game lead over the Yankees for that coveted spot. The Astros have won the AL West for the fifth time in the previous six seasons and are closing in on securing the No. The Guardians basically ended the 2022 season for both teams this week. But again, with only 13 games left to play, there likely isn’t enough time left for either to get into the postseason. Those two AL Central clubs are currently 5.5 and 8.5 games behind Seattle for the final AL Wild Card spot. The White Sox and Twins are effectively done barring a massive collapse from either the Guardians or the Mariners. 6 seed - currently the Seattle Mariners - in a best-of-three series at Progressive Field. It will eventually earn its fourth division crown over the past seven seasons and open the AL playoffs as the No. ![]() The Guardians’ success has padded their lead to six games over the White Sox and nine games over their Twins with only 13 games remaining. Since then, the Guardians have gone 6-1 against those two teams heading into Thursday’s series finale in Chicago. 16 series opener versus the Twins, Cleveland sat three games in front of the White Sox and four games ahead of Minnesota. The Guardians have put the AL Central to bed for all intents and purposes with their play over the past week. With two wins in this four-game series, Tampa Bay would clinch the tiebreaker in terms of wild card seeding if the two clubs finish with identical records. 1 spot there, two games in front of the Rays, who hold the second wild card. But they are fighting hard for position in the AL Wild Card race. The Rays and Blue Jays are 8.5 and 6.5 games behind the Yankees in the AL East, so a division title is likely out of the reach of each club. Their magic number to win the division is eight. With either one win over the Red Sox or one Orioles loss to Houston this weekend, the Yankees will clinch a playoff spot for the sixth consecutive season. ![]() The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry will take a back seat this weekend to Aaron Judge’s trek toward home run history and the American League Triple Crown. Reliever Scott Effross was activated off the injured list on Thursday. More importantly, they are getting healthier first baseman Anthony Rizzo, relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman and starting pitcher Luis Severino all returned to play in recent days. The Yankees have somewhat straightened themselves out following a pretty poor second half of the season. Here’s a primer of what’s at stake this weekend on the diamond. The division races haven’t been too compelling, but there is still a lot to sort out with the wild cards in each league. We are heading into the penultimate weekend of the 2022 MLB regular season. ![]()
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