If the Rays hang on, that means the three AL Wild Card teams - Toronto, Seattle and Tampa Bay - would be separated in the standings by only a half-game.
#Cardinals magic number to clinch division series
But they are currently beating the Blue Jays, the AL Wild Card leader, in the finale of their five-game series in Toronto. The Rays, as of this writing, have lost five of their past seven games to fall from the No. Let’s take a look around the league at all of the crucial series this weekend and what it means as teams vie for playoff positioning. Everything else has yet to be decided, at least officially. We know the Los Angeles Dodgers have locked up the NL West. West title, then the loser would compete against the other two for the wild-card spots.It’s hard to believe that there are only three weekends remaining in the MLB regular season, but that’s the case, and there are still a lot of pieces to put in place to complete the postseason puzzle. If that happened, the Rockies and Dodgers would first play off the N.L. The four teams would have to do this in the final week to accomplish that: is certainly not impossible.Īnd there’s also a somewhat plausible way for the Brewers, Cardinals, Dodgers and Rockies to wind up in a four-way tie at 91-71. Both Dodger opponents are eliminated from postseason consideration (as are both Rockies opponents), but both currently have 9-7 records against the Dodgers in 2018 and the Giants in particular have played far better at home (41-34) than on the road (31-50) this year, so Colorado tying or passing L.A. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are playing the Diamondbacks (three games) and Giants (three games) on the road. That might seem like a stretch, but the Rockies are playing the Phillies (four games) and Nationals (three games) at home this week. Currently the Rockies trail the Dodgers by 1½ games in the division, and also trail the Cardinals by 1½ games for the second wild card. West race as well as the possibility that the Rockies could sneak in to win either the West title or one of the wild-card spots. There is one other thing to watch this week, and that’s the N.L.
Louis have split 16 games so far this year, so if they wind up tied for the two wild-card spots, the winner of their current series would host the wild-card game.Ĭourtesy of BCBer interbret, here’s the W/L chart for the three N.L. If that happens, not only would the Cubs be able to clinch by winning Wednesday, but the Brewers and Cardinals would be tied going into Wednesday night’s action. That would require the Cardinals to take the first two games against the Brewers, and the Cubs to win the first two games over the Pirates. The earliest the Cubs can clinch the N.L. That would be ideal, of course, but I suppose the Pirates and Cardinals have other ideas.
The Cubs can take care of the division title by winning five of their seven home games no matter what the other teams do.
Central contenders ( home games in boldface). More on that below first, here are the schedules for the three remaining N.L. With Brewers and the Cardinals and playing each other beginning Monday night, the Cubs could get help from both. The Cubs’ magic number to clinch a postseason spot (in other words, at least be in the wild-card game) is two, and for a division title it’s five.
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