September, the ultimate month of MLB’s regular-season calendar, has arrived. Meaning baseball’s stretch drive is right here, and MLB playoff races have began heating up. There are many intriguing postseason races occurring with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros among the many groups attempting to safe their spot in baseball’s postseason.
By the use of reminder, MLB now grants 12 playoff berths — a complete of six to the division winners after which three wild-card berths in every league. The highest two division winners in every league as measured by general document are rewarded with first-round byes, which suggests they will not should play within the best-of-three Wild Card Sequence that capabilities as that first spherical.
As for what hangs within the stability, there’s fairly a little bit of it. The Yankees and Baltimore Orioles stay locked in a good battle atop the American League East standings. Three groups — the Cleveland Guardians, Kansas Metropolis Royals, and Minnesota Twins — have designs on the AL Central title, although Cleveland has began to drag away within the division. The Dodgers, Phillies and Houston Astros all have pretty snug leads of their respective divisions, however they have not buried the competitors but. The one staff that has basically wrapped up its division title is the first-place Milwaukee Brewers, who’ve run away with the NL Central.
On the wild-card entrance, the surging New York Mets have tracked down the Atlanta Braves. The Mets entered the weekend in possession of the third and remaining NL wild-card spot because of a tiebreaker. On the AL aspect, the Boston Purple Sox, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners try to remain inside shouting distance, however each golf equipment are hovering round .500.
Now let’s get you caught up on the place all these races stand proper now as the ultimate weeks of the common season loom earlier than us. All division and postseason projections referenced within the standings come from SportsLine.
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American League
Byes: No. 1 Orioles, No. 2 Guardians
Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Astros vs. No. 6 Twins, No. 4 Yankees vs. No. 5 Royals
Nationwide League
Byes: No. 1 Phillies, No. 2 Dodgers
Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Brewers vs. No. 6 Mets, No. 4 Padres vs. No. 5 D-backs
American League standings
| Baltimore | 82 | 60 | — | 45.8% | 100% |
| N.Y. Yankees | 81 | 60 | 0.5 | 54.2% | 100% |
| Boston | 71 | 70 | 10.5 | 0.0% | 7.4% |
| Tampa Bay | 69 | 72 | 12.5 | 0.0% | <1.0% |
| Toronto | 67 | 75 | 15.0 | 0.0% | <1.0% |
Nationwide League standings
MLB wild-card standings
| AL wild card | W | L | WCGB |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.Y. Yankees | 81 | 60 | +5.0 |
| Kansas Metropolis | 77 | 65 | +0.5 |
| Minnesota | 76 | 65 | — |
| Seattle | 72 | 70 | 4.5 |
| Boston | 71 | 70 | 5.0 |
| Detroit | 71 | 71 | 5.5 |
| Tampa Bay | 69 | 72 | 7.0 |
| NL wild card | W | L | WCGB |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 81 | 62 | +3.0 |
| Arizona | 79 | 63 | +1.5 |
| N.Y. Mets | 77 | 64 | — |
| Atlanta | 77 | 64 | — |
| Chi. Cubs | 72 | 69 | 5.0 |
| St. Louis | 71 | 70 | 6.0 |
| San Francisco | 69 | 73 | 8.5 |
2024 World Sequence odds
(As of Sept. 6)
- Dodgers: +325
- Phillies: +500
- Yankees: +600
- Orioles: +650
- Astros: +650
- Guardians: +1400
- Padres: +1400
- Brewers: +1600
- Twins: +1600
- Braves: +2000
- Diamondbacks: +2500
- Mets: +3000
- Royals: +3500
