Tigers off day, gain that 1/2 game and slide into a tie for the 3rd wild card slot, AND, with KC off today, TC falls a full 2 games behind KC who sits in the #2 wc spot. AND with the loss, the Twins are eliminated from contention to win the AL central.
Of note, the twins won the season series vs Detroit and KC. Head to head series is the #1 tie breaker should the teams finish tied. Royals won the season series vs Tigers.
What does all that mean?
A 3 way tie would vault Twins to #2, drop KC to #3 and Tigers would miss the playoffs.
Baltimore is 5 games up on both tigers & twins.
3 games ahead of KC.
Of note on Baltimore. They play 3 vs Detroit this weekend. And end the season with 3 at the twins.
Of the 4 teams, Detroit is the hottest squad.
The coldest? It's a tossup between TC & the O's.
I think KC has the toughest remaining schedule.
3 at home vs the Giants. Then 6 on the road, where the Royals struggle. (1 under .500 road vs 12 over at home) vs 2 really good home teams. Washington & ATL.
Sf, Was & KC are all .500ish in interleague play.
ATL is .675 in interleague.
While SF & Was are both eliminated from post season. Both have been playing good ball in relishing the role of spoiler.
Likely, the season ending series in MN(vs balt)
& in ATL(vs KC) will decide wild card teams. ATL is currently 1 1/2 game behind az/mets(tied) for WC #3 in NL. SD is 2.5 ahead of the tied pair.
Cool stuff in both leagues- 4 teams battling for last 3 spots with the Mets & Tigers coming back from near elimination with great play in August & September.
Hey UV... That was your world series hope/ prediction last season wasn't it. That's usually my shtick. Picking teams one year early.
If it's who's hot in September, which it kinda has been the last few years, ever since the nationals clawed back from near elimination in 2019 to wear the crown.
Tigers & Mets seems like as good a chance as any pairing.
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