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For funsies, the PIrates are only 3.5 games back.

 

I was looking at that. The issue is that 7 of their last 11 are against the Nationals and Cubs. The Nationals are next and even if the Cubs clinch HFA over them, they still have a magic number of 8 for clinching home field over the Dodgers in the NLDS. The Cubs will probably be coasting during their 4 game series next week but then again we certainly love swatting the Pirates away like an annoying fly.

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The AL wild card is really bunching up too. 6 teams (Jays, Orioles, Tigers, Astros, Mariners and Yankees) are within 2.5 games of a wild card spot and 3.5 games of both wild card spots. Please give me maximum chaos
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tigers won their double-header, so the AL wild card is a real pig pile now.

 

toronto 83-69 +1.0 (4 games vs nyy, 3 games vs baltimore, 3 games @ boston)

detroit 82-70 -- (3 games vs kc, 4 games vs cleveland, 3 games @ atlanta)

baltimore 82-71 -0.5 (3 games vs arizona, 3 games @ toronto, 3 games @ nyy)

houston 81-72 -1.5 (3 games vs la angels, 3 games vs seattle, 3 games @ la angels)

seattle 80-72 -2.0 (3 games @ minnesota, 3 games @ houston, 4 games vs oakland)

ny yankees 79-73 -3.0 (4 games @ toronto, 3 games vs boston, 3 games vs baltimore)

 

all of the division leaders/likely winners (boston, cleveland, texas) look to have plenty to play for, as texas is only 0.5 game ahead of cleveland and 1.0 game ahead of boston.

 

toronto's schedule looks pretty rough, but at least they have 7 out of 10 at home.

detroit has mediocre kc, very good cleveland and then sad sack atlanta.

baltimore has arizona at home but then tough road series against toronto and the yankees (who may be out of it by the last weekend).

houston has a real chance, with 6 home games and 6 games against the lousy angels.

seattle also has a chance, as minnesota and oakland are bad and houston is one of the clubs they're chasing.

yankees look to be the least likely, as they're already down 3 games, and have to play their last 10 games against solid to very good teams.

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Just want to point out that sad sack Atlanta is 29-25 since July 26th

 

Not saying they aren't necessarily sad sack but they've been pretty decent as of late

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Just want to point out that sad sack Atlanta is 29-25 since July 26th

 

Not saying they aren't necessarily sad sack but they've been pretty decent as of late

 

good point... i stopped paying attention to them in about april so i didn't realize they were playing a lot better.

 

it's really hard to project the AL playoffs right now because the wild card teams and division leaders are so closely bunched. whereas the NL it's quite likely that it will be:

 

cubs vs (wild card winner, which will be st louis, ny mets or san francisco)

washington with home field advantage against the dodgers

 

boston seems to me like the most dangerous AL team, so i'll be rooting against them the rest of the way.

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Pretty exciting games last night for the Mets and Giants. I think the scenario I most want to see is the 3-team tie breaker with the Mets losing to the Cardinals and then beating the Giants and then the Cardinals. Then the Cubs go up 2-0 and when Syndergaard gets to pitch Game 3 the Cubs still have the pitching matchup advantage.

 

Also, please for just once can we have total tiebreaker chaos? The AL is primed for it. Odds are still low, but I want Manfred to have to makeup the rules for the tiebreaker on the spot and piss a bunch of teams off.

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