MLB Thread-Playoff Race Edition (FINAL week of regular season!)

Since we arent very good at making the weekly threads I figured I'd start this up and we can use it for the final 3 weeks. I'll update the standings every few days or so

As of today, here is a quick summary for where things stand


National League

Looks like the Phillies, Brewers, and Dodgers all have their divisions locked up. The wild card race is where things look to be exciting. A week or so ago it seemed all but certain the 3 wild card teams were gonna be Padres, DBacks, and Braves but the Mets have won 9 of their last 10 and are now tied with Atlanta for the 3rd wild card spot. Arizona is only 1.5 games ahead of them in 2nd, with San Diego a half game ahead of Arizona in 1st

There is still 3 weeks remaining so plenty of time for one of those 4 teams to fall out of contention, but its worth noting the Mets visit Atlanta for a 3 game series in the last week of the season which has the potential to be awesome



American League

As has been the case for pretty much the entire season, the battle for who wins the AL East between the Yankees and Orioles is the closest race to watch. The Yankees currently have a half game lead over them right now. It is very likely whoever finishes 2nd in the East will get the top wild card spot.

Cleveland is still the favorite to win the central although they only lead KC by 2.5 games. Houston really shite the bed by getting swept in Cincy last week but still hold a 4.5 game lead over Seattle.

At the moment the AL Wild Card seems like it'll be 2nd place in the East followed by KC and Minnesota, but Seattle and Detroit (what? ) are only 3.5 games back from Minnesota so they are still technically alive but both of those teams probably need to go on some kind of streak winning 7-8 out of 10 to have a chance.


Hope we get some good discussion in here over the next few weeks, hate that the season is winding down but as always pumped for some October baseball to watch