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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.

2024 MLB playoff image

If the season ended right this moment…
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
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