But what if the MLB regular season ended Monday? A look at the matchups and which teams have the edge.
The Mariners lead the Blue Jays for the final wild card in the American League by a half-game. If the two finish tied this season, Seattle would almost certainly own the tiebreaker, even though the two split their six-game season series. That’s because MLB’s second tiebreaker is a team’s record within its own division, even if the two tied teams don’t reside within the same division.
It does seem like a broader analysis — record within the American League, for instance — would be a better and fairer tiebreaker.When even the trade-deadline sellers are clinging to hope, you’ve got a field that refuses to separate itself. The two worst teams in the NL since the All-Star break are Miami and Arizona , both of which are still just a game out. Cincinnati is the worst team in the NL in August ; it’s also a game out.
All of that backsliding is what’s allowed the Cubs to surge into postseason position over the last five weeks, with Chicago’s 22-12 mark in the second half second only to the Dodgers in the NL. A few more weeks of this, and the Nats might find themselves back in the picture. You can move in a positive direction or a negative direction, and the Yankees are plummeting downward. New York went 0-for-the-week and has now lost eight in a row — its longest streak since 1995.
Seattle has caught and passed the Jays for the final wild card in the American League as Toronto has played essentially .500 ball for the last month. The Jays got
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