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Results from Wednesday:
Phillies beat the Braves in extra innings (for a tangent listen to John Kruk's call for the Philies on that Castellanos double play to end the 9th. "Let it go, let it go, let it go" to "Nooooo" to "Yes" to finally "Yagh"), Twins beat the Reds, Rangers beat the Red Sox, Astros beat the Orioles, Guardians got swept by the Royals, Seattle beat Oakland finishing something like 12-1 against the A's this year, D'Backs beat the Giants, Padres beat the Rockies, Rays lost to the Angels, Mets beat the Marlins, Blue Jays beat the Yankees, Pirates beat the Cubs, Brewers beat the Cards, and the Tigers beat the Dodgers.
Tigers and Guardians both have an elimination number of 1 in the AL Central
Seattle and Texas remain on Houston's tail each with an elimination number of 10 in the division.
Reds divisional elimination number drops to 2, while the Cubs drops to 4.
Jays elimination number stays at 1 with the win & Rays loss, the Rays elimination number for the East falls to 10.
The Red Sox elimination number is 1 in the Wildcard (though I've seen they are officially eliminated I'll leave them for now until it's 0) and the Yankees elimination number falls to 3.
In the NL Wildcard, the Mets, Pirates & Padres all win, so their elimination numbers stay at 3, 3 & 6 respectively. The Giants elimination number is 8, Reds are 9, and the Marlins is 10.
In the NL home field battle, Braves magic number drops to 8, Dodgers remains at 4 for the second bye, and the Phillies drops to 8 for the top Wildcard.
Over in the AL, Astros magic number for the second bye drops to 6, and the Rays stays at 3 for the top wildcard.
Braves magic number falls to 9 for home field throughout the MLB playoffs.
A couple of the remaining series finishes on Thursday, and also on Thursday we have the Orioles & Guardians opening up a 4 game series, Washington/Braves starting a 4 game series in DC, Mets/Phillies starting a 4 game series in Philly, Tigers/A's starting a 4 game series in Oakland (this will likely be the only time this weekend that series gets mentioned), and the Dodgers & Giants renewing the rivalry in LA for 4 games.
Results from Wednesday:
Phillies beat the Braves in extra innings (for a tangent listen to John Kruk's call for the Philies on that Castellanos double play to end the 9th. "Let it go, let it go, let it go" to "Nooooo" to "Yes" to finally "Yagh"), Twins beat the Reds, Rangers beat the Red Sox, Astros beat the Orioles, Guardians got swept by the Royals, Seattle beat Oakland finishing something like 12-1 against the A's this year, D'Backs beat the Giants, Padres beat the Rockies, Rays lost to the Angels, Mets beat the Marlins, Blue Jays beat the Yankees, Pirates beat the Cubs, Brewers beat the Cards, and the Tigers beat the Dodgers.
Tigers and Guardians both have an elimination number of 1 in the AL Central
Seattle and Texas remain on Houston's tail each with an elimination number of 10 in the division.
Reds divisional elimination number drops to 2, while the Cubs drops to 4.
Jays elimination number stays at 1 with the win & Rays loss, the Rays elimination number for the East falls to 10.
The Red Sox elimination number is 1 in the Wildcard (though I've seen they are officially eliminated I'll leave them for now until it's 0) and the Yankees elimination number falls to 3.
In the NL Wildcard, the Mets, Pirates & Padres all win, so their elimination numbers stay at 3, 3 & 6 respectively. The Giants elimination number is 8, Reds are 9, and the Marlins is 10.
In the NL home field battle, Braves magic number drops to 8, Dodgers remains at 4 for the second bye, and the Phillies drops to 8 for the top Wildcard.
Over in the AL, Astros magic number for the second bye drops to 6, and the Rays stays at 3 for the top wildcard.
Braves magic number falls to 9 for home field throughout the MLB playoffs.
A couple of the remaining series finishes on Thursday, and also on Thursday we have the Orioles & Guardians opening up a 4 game series, Washington/Braves starting a 4 game series in DC, Mets/Phillies starting a 4 game series in Philly, Tigers/A's starting a 4 game series in Oakland (this will likely be the only time this weekend that series gets mentioned), and the Dodgers & Giants renewing the rivalry in LA for 4 games.
Cleveland got a stay of execution beating the Orioles. Gives the Twins a chance to celebrate a division title on their home field.
Rays walked off the Angels, Brewers shut out the Cards, Braves beat the Nats, Yankees salvaged a game against the Jays, Guardians beat the Orioles, Phillies beat the Mets, Pirates won the series at Wrigley, Tigers beat the A's, and the Dodgers beat the Giants.
The Jays have been eliminated from the AL East race, and the Rays elimination number stays at 8, but they are only 1.5 back in the division now.
Nothing changes in the AL Central as the Guardians and Tigers both have an elimination number of 1 for the division and have both already been eliminated in the Wildcard.
None of the 3 played in the AL West, so that remains unchanged with the Rangers and Mariners each having an elimination number of 10, half a game back of the Astros.
In the NL Wildcard, Mets elimination number falls to 2, Padres & Pirates stays at 3 & 6 respectively with wins, Giants drops to 7, and the Marlins and Cubs are tied for the 3rd wildcard each with an elimination number of 10.
In the AL Wildcard nothing changes as the Yankees elimination number stays at 3, and Red Sox at 1.
In AL homefield, the Astros have a magic number of 6 for the second bye, and the Rays now have a magic number of 1 for the top wildcard.
In NL homefield battle, Braves magic number for home field drops to 7, Dodgers drops to 3 for the second bye, and the Phillies drops to 7 for the top Wildcard.
In the overall home field picture, Braves magic number for homefield throughout drops to 7.
The remaining series of note that start on Friday include: Cubs vs. Rockies, Reds vs. Pirates, Blue Jays @ Rays, Brewers @ Marlins, D'Backs @ Yankees, Red Sox vs. White Sox (likely the only day we'll highlight this matchup this weekend), Astros vs. Royals, Twins vs. Angels, Giants @ Dodgers, Padres vs. Cardinals, and the biggest series of the weekend the Mariners @ the Rangers.
Cubs beat the Rockies, Pirates beat the Reds, Jays beat the Rays, Brewers clobbered the Marlins, Guardians beat the Orioles, Yankees beat the D'Backs, Braves beat the Nats, Phillies walked off the Mets, Red Sox beat the White Sox, Rangers beat the Mariners, Royals beat the Astros, Twins beat the Angels, Giants beat the Dodgers, Padres beat the Cardinals, and the A's beat the Tigers.
Mariners are still a half game back with an elimination number of 9, and the Astros have been passed by the Rangers and own a elimination number of 10, a half game back of the Rangers.
Rays elimination number in the East drops to 7
Guardians and Tigers have both been eliminated from the divisional race (and also eliminated from the playoffs) as the Twins have clinched the AL Central.
Brewers have clinched a playoff spot, Reds have been eliminated from the division, and the Cubs have an elimination number of 1 in the division.
In the AL Wildcard, Mariners elimination number falls to 9, Yankees elimination number falls to 2, and the Red Sox are officially eliminated from the playoffs.
In the NL Wildcard, Mets have been eliminated from the Wildcard race, Padres & Pirates elimination number is at 5 & 3 respectively, Giants drops to 6, and the Marlins drops to 8.
In the NL home field race, Braves magic number for home field drops to 5, Dodgers stays at 3 for the second bye, and the Phillies drops to 5 for the top Wildcard.
In the AL home field race, the Rangers now have a magic number of 7 for the second bye as they are now in first, and the Rays still have a magic number of 1 for the top Wildcard.
In the overall home field race, Braves magic number for homefield drops to 5.
Twins lose to the Angels, Cubs beat the Rockies, Phillies beat the Mets, Orioles beat the Guardians, Marlins beat the Brewers, Rays walked off the Jays, Pirates came back from down 9-0 to beat the Reds, Rangers shut out the Mariners, Astros lose to the Royals, Cardinals beat the Padres in extras, Dodgers beat the Giants, and the Braves/Nats and Yankees/D'Backs was postponed. Braves/Nats are playing a double header Sunday; the D'Backs are making their game up on Sunday, and their series in Chicago will now start on Tuesday and run through Thursday instead of Monday-Wednesday.
Brewers magic number to win the Central is 1 over the Cubs.
Mariners and Astros both have an elimination number of 7 in the West
Rays elimination number in the East falls to 6.
In the NL Wildcard, Pirates elimination number is 1, Padres elimination number is 3, Giants elimination number is 4, Reds elimination number is 5, and the Marlins elimination number is 7.
In the AL Wildcard, the Yankees have an elimination number of 2, and the Mariners have an elimination number of 8.
In the AL homefield race, the Rangers have a magic number of 4 for the second bye, and the Jays will officially open the Wildcard series on the road as the Rays have clinched at worst the top Wildcard spot.
In the NL home field race, the Phillies have a magic number of 4 for the top wildcard, the Braves have a magic number of 5 for homefield throughout the NL playoffs, and the Dodgers have a magic number of 1 for the second bye.
In the overall homefield race, the Braves have a magic number of 5 for homefield throughout the playoffs.
Jays beat the Rays, Braves & Nats split a double header, Arizona beat the Yankees, Orioles beat the Guardians, Reds beat the Pirates, Marlins beat the Brewers, Astros lose to the Royals, Twins beat the Angels, Cubs beat the Rockies, Rangers finished the sweep of the Mariners, Padres beat the Cardinals, Phillies beat the Mets, and the Dodgers walked off the Giants.
Rays elimination number in the East falls to 4
Brewers still have a magic number of 1 in the AL Central
Mariner and Astros both with a tragic number of 5 in the AL West.
In the AL Wildcard, the Yankees have an elimination number of 1, and the Mariners have an elimination number of 7 in the Wildcard.
In the NL Wildcard, the Pirates have been eliminated with their loss, the Padres & Giants elimination number falls to 2, Reds falls to 4, and the Marlins elimination number falls to 6.
In the NL home field race, the Braves have a magic number of 4 for home field throughout the playoffs, the Phillies have a magic number of 3 for the top Wildcard, and the Dodgers have officially clinched a first round bye.
In the AL home field race, the Rangers have a magic number of 3 for the second bye.
And in the overall home field race, the Braves have a magic number of 4.
In the 4 games on Monday the Diamondbacks finish the series against the Yankees, the Rangers open a 3 game series in Anaheim, the Giants play 3 games in San Diego, and the biggest series of the week the Astros play 3 games in Seattle. A matchup between 2 struggling teams, whoever loses the series might not make the playoffs.
Either SF or SD will be eliminated tonight. They're both at 5 games back with 6 to play.. and one of them has to lose. Cubbies are off tonight.
Credit to the Padres, they actually made it mildly interesting the past 2 weeks or so. Giving just a little late hope to their most diehard fans. Just to dash it all..
Yankees beat the D'Backs, Rangers beat the Angels, Giants beat the Padres, and the Astros beat the Mariners.
Mariners have a tragic number of 3 in the AL West, Astros is at 4, Mariners with an elimination number of 5 in the Wildcard, and the Yankees have been eliminated from the playoffs.
Padres elimination number falls to 1, and the Philies magic number for top Wildcard of 2.
Rangers have a magic number of 2 for the second bye.
Series that kick off on Tuesday: Dodgers with a double header in Colorado, Reds with 2 games in Cleveland, Baltimore hosting the Nats for 2 games, Phillies vs. Pirates in a Keystone state matchup for 3, Blue Jays host the Yankees for 3, Rays in Boston for 3, Miami in Queens for 3, Cubs @ the Braves for 3 games, Twins host the A's for 3, D'Backs in Chicago for 3, and Brewers host the Cards for 3 games.
Padres elimination number falls to 1, and the Philies magic number for top Wildcard of 2.
I was trying to figure out how I missed this, because.. I calculated that SD was eliminated with a loss last night.
What I didn't consider was that if the D-Backs lost, which they did.. Since they're 2-4 against the Padres.. If they wound up tied for the last WC. Tiebreaker goes to the Padres.
But.. let's be honest. Padres are for all intents and purposes eliminated.
I suspect SF will be, if not tonight.. Tomorrow.
It's really unfortunate that we don't have some of these teams playing each other here the last week of the season. We have the SF/SD series, but.. That's about it.
Of course, we have Arizona/Houston and Tampa/Toronto and Cubs/Brewers.. But.. Arizona and Houston are not really fighting each other for a spot.. And while Toronto and the Cubs are fighting for a spot, the Rays and Brewers are locked in.
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