AL Playoff Race - 9 weeks left- now 1 week

[eddie83]

Well here we are. When I started this BAL was up 1.5 games and 3 in loss column. Not much changed over 6.5 weeks. 
 

AL playoff race 

AL East                        GB           GL 

BAL        91-54                           17
TB          90-57              2.0        15


TOR       80-66             10.5       16


BOS       73-72               18.0     17


NYY       73-72             18.0        17

AL Central
MIN        76-70                          16
CLE        69-78            7.5         15

AL West
HOU        83-64                     15
TEX         81-64          1.0        17
SEA          81-65          1.5       16

AL WC
TB             90-57             8.5
TEX           81-64             +0.5


SEA           81-65            
——————
TOR           80-66           1.0

SCHEDULES

BAL 
    
  TB (4)
@HOU (3)    @CLE (4)
WAS (2)    BOS (4)

TB
  
   @BAL (4)
LAA (3)    TOR (3)
BOS (2)    @TOR (3)
    

TOR
    
    TEX (4) - 1 left     BOS (3)
@NYY (3)    @TB (3)
NYY (3)    TB (3)

BOS
    
   NYY (4)  (DH) left    @TOR (3)
@TEX (3)    CWS (3)
TB (2)    @BAL (4)

NYY
    
    @BOS (4) (DH) left    @PIT (3)
TOR (3)    ARZ (3)
@TOR (3)    @KC (3)

————————-/—-
MIN
    
   @CWS (4)
@CIN (3)    LAA (3)
OAK (3)    @COL (3)

CLE
    
   TEX (3)
@KC (3)    BAL (4)
CIN (2)    @DET (3) 

—————————————
TEX
    
  @TOR (4) - 1 game left    @CLE (3)
BOS (3)    SEA (3)
@LAA (3)    @ SEA (4) 

HOU
    
    @KC (3)
BAL (3)     KC (3)
@SEA (3)    @ARZ (3)

 

SEA
    
 LAD (3)
@OAK (3)    @TEX (3)
HOU (3)    TEX (4)
 

Edited September 14, 2023 by eddie83

[eddie83]

BAl did what they needed to do. CLE could be eliminated early in BAL series. Fascinating race for ALW and WC spots. All 4 teams very inconsistent. TOR plays TB 6 times which has chance to help BAL. TEX plays SEA 7 times. HOU plays @SEA and @ARZ last week. Ton of great head to head matchups down stretch. NYY and BOS could be spoilers.

Tiebreakers

TOR over HOU

TEX over TOR

SEA over TOR

SEA over HOU

TEX currently 5-1 over SEA

HOU over TEX

CLE over MIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

AL playoff race 

AL East                        GB           GL 

BAL        93-56                           13
TB          92-59             2.0        11


TOR       83-67            10.5       12


NYY        76-74             17.5       12
BOS        74-76              19.5      12

AL Central
MIN        79-71                          12
CLE        72-78            7.0         12

AL West
HOU        84-66                        12
TEX         82-67           1.5         12
SEA          81-68           2.5        13

AL WC
TB             92-59           +9.0
TEX           83-67           +0.5


TOR          82-67            
——————
SEA            81-68           1.0

SCHEDULES

BAL 
    
@HOU (3)    @CLE (4)
WAS (2)    BOS (4)

TB
  
 LAA (3)    TOR (3)
BOS (2)    @TOR (3)
    

TOR
    
   @NYY (3)    @TB (3)
NYY (3)    TB (3)

BOS
    
  @TEX (3)    CWS (3)
TB (2)    @BAL (4)

NYY
    
 TOR (3)    ARZ (3)
@TOR (3)    @KC (3)

———————————-
MIN
    
 @CIN (3)    LAA (3)
OAK (3)    @COL (3)

CLE
    
 @KC (3)    BAL (4)
CIN (2)    @DET (3) 

————————————
TEX
    
 BOS (3)    SEA (3)
@LAA (3)    @ SEA (4) 

HOU
    
  BAL (3)     KC (3)
@SEA (3)    @ARZ (3)

SEA
    
 @OAK (3)    @TEX (3)
HOU (3)    TEX (4)
 

[eddie83]

Rays play twice more before we play tomorrow night. 
 

Detmers vs Civale 6:40 tonight 

Canning vs Eflin 1:10 tomorrow. 

[eddie83]

Calendar view thru end of weekend     
    
    BAL 95-58

    TB 94-60

    
 TB will be starting 30 min/2 hours/30 min before Orioles 
    
9/22

  BAL@CLE 7:10 Kremer/Bieber.          TOR@TB 6:40 Bassitt/Glasnow
SEA@TEX 8:05    

KC@HOU 8:10
LAA@MINN 8:10    


9/23 BAL@CLE 6:10 Means/Quantrill    TOR@TB 4:10 Ryu/Littell
SEA@TEX 7:05  
 KC@HOU 7:10
LAA@MIN 2:10    

 

9/24 BAL@CLE 1:40 Gibson/TBA    TOR@TB 1:10 Kikuchi/Bradley
KC@HOU 2:10     
LAA@MIN 2:10
SEA@TEX 2:35    
    
 

Edited September 22, 2023 by eddie83

[waroriole]

The way MLB has formatted the playoffs is  truly awful and needs a quick change this off-season. The two best teams all season, by a wide margin, are gonna be forced into an ALDS match up because they’re in the same division. They should be resting up and getting byes in the first round. 
 

Interestingly enough, Toronto is tied for the third best record now. 

[Bahama O's Fan]

17 minutes ago, waroriole said:

The way MLB has formatted the playoffs is  truly awful and needs a quick change this off-season. The two best teams all season, by a wide margin, are gonna be forced into an ALDS match up because they’re in the same division. They should be resting up and getting byes in the first round. 
 

Interestingly enough, Toronto is tied for the third best record now. 

Real simple. Abolish divisions. Balanced schedule. Take the best 6 or 8 or however many teams. Seed them by record. Re-seed each round. Boom! Done!

[bpilktree67]

If the Jays make the playoffs their will be a very good chance that they get the 2nd wild card as they will have to beat the Rays a few times to get in.  If that happens then the two teams will play in the Wild card round and face off against each other 3 more times.  They could play 9 games against each other in less then 2 weeks.  

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

8 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

If the Jays make the playoffs their will be a very good chance that they get the 2nd wild card as they will have to beat the Rays a few times to get in.  If that happens then the two teams will play in the Wild card round and face off against each other 3 more times.  They could play 9 games against each other in less then 2 weeks.  

 

[eddie83]

BAL magic # is 3  

TEX magic # is 5 

 

Tiebreakers

TOR over HOU

TEX over TOR

SEA over TOR

SEA over HOU

TEX over SEA

HOU over TEX

SEA hosts HOU for 3 games. Huge series to say the least. SEA wins tiebreak. SEA/HOU control destiny.  Looks like one of 2 miss.
 

TOR in good shape. They are guaranteed to pick up 2 games on one of SEA/HOU.  
Good chance TB/TOR finIsh reg season playing each other and then playoffs back in TB. 

 

AL playoff race 

AL East                        GB           GL 

BAL        97-59                            6
TB          95-62              2.5        5


TOR       87-69               10.5       6


NYY        78-77                18.5     7
BOS        76-80               21.0      6

AL Central
MIN        clinched 3 seed                 

AL West
TEX          87-68                        7
HOU.        85-71              2.5      6
SEA          84-71            3.0       7

AL WC
TB             95-62        +9.5
TOR          87-69        +2.0


HOU          85-71            
——————
SEA            84-71        0.5 

SCHEDULES

BAL 
  
WAS (2)    BOS (4)

 

TB
  
 BOS (2)    @TOR (3)
    

 

TOR
    
 NYY (3)    TB (3)

 

BOS
    
 TB (2)    @BAL (4)

 

NYY
    
 ARZ (1)  @TOR (3)    @KC (3)

—————————-
MIN
    
 OAK (3)    @COL (3)

———————————-
    
TEX
    
@LAA (3)    @ SEA (4) 

 

 

 

HOU
    
 @SEA (3)    @ARZ (3)

 

SEA
    
HOU (3)    TEX (4)

[OriolesMagic83]

I'll be quite happy if Seattle misses out on the wild card.  Their pitching (healthy) might be the best in baseball.  Not looking forward to a playoff series with them if their pitchers are pitching well.