In a season where no teams are on pace to finish with 100 wins, the playoff picture feels quite muddled considering there are just 11 days left in the regular season. That's especially true in the American League, as none of the three division titles have been clinched yet and the ...
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Follow @PlayoffStatus Tweet Data may change several times on day of playBookmark site for easy return American League Winning Magic Numbers Record Games BehindDivisional WinnersWildcardNoPlayoffs TeamDivisionW L GPiDVWC 1* 2* 3** 4**5 67 Guardians Central 92 70 162 - - X 0 ^ ^...
The winner would then advance to the ALDS against the team with the league's best record. Major league baseball will use tiebreaker games to determine which teams win their division, or which teams make the playoffs, but they will not play a game to determine home field advantage. Home ...
Over the weekend, Detroit faced off against another playoff hopeful, this time a National League team. TheSan Francisco Giantshosted the Tigers for the last three games of their West Coast trip. More competitive games were played, as the Giants won the first two contests 3-2 and 3-1. Ga...
At the beginning of this season, my colleague Mike Petriello introduced, for this season, the concept of the “AL Middle.” The idea was that each of the three divisions in the American League had clear, set-apart favorites in the top two spots: The Yank
If anyone reading this picked the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals as the American League finalists for 2014 back in spring training, we just don't believe you. Even as the playoffs began less than a week ago, very few — if any — would have had this matchup in the AL Ch...
The Kansas City Royals just keep on winning in the most impressive fashion, and nothing seems to be able to stop them from advancing in the 2014 American League playoffs right now. With a Game Onevictory in extra inningsand a Game Two win earned in the ninth inning, the Royal...
The Most Important Games for the MLB American League are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture.
The Los Angeles Angels won 98 games this year, the most in the major leagues. They posted a +143 run differential, which is the best number of any remaining AL team. The Angels have home-field advantage throughout the league playoffs, too. But they have rotation issues, and i...