AL Playoff Picture Heats Up: Yankees, Guardians Atop the List

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00:00from the NL to the American League in the playoff picture on

00:07that side of the equation in Major League Baseball. Really

00:11the stories have been down the home stretch. The race for the

00:15American League East. The Yankees have now established a

00:19pretty substantial cushion in that division but thus the race

00:22for the AL East has also been the race for the top spot in

00:26the number one overall seed in the American League alongside

00:29the Cleveland Guardians. So, the Yanks 87 and 63. Now, a

00:33three-game lead over Baltimore in the division. The Guardians

00:38yesterday coming from behind to take the opening game of their

00:41midweek set against divisional foe, the Minnesota Twins. We'll

00:44talk about Minnesota on a slide here as of late. The Guardians

00:4887 and 64. Joe, just a half game behind New York. It will be a

00:55pretty contested race over these final two weeks for what

00:58would be home field advantage the entirety of the way to the

01:01pennant in the AL. Yeah, and ironically enough and the the

01:06one team that we don't have to worry about getting that number

01:09one seed is Houston. Uh I I don't think any of us believe

01:13that that's even a possibility. The fact that there's still

01:16just four games up on Seattle is kind of laughable as well but

01:20you know, you and I have talked about that division being the

01:23Astros are winning it despite of themselves there but the

01:26Yankees and Guardians, I think it's going to come right down

01:29to the last couple of games, Ben. It would not shock me if

01:32the last game or two here in the regular season will

01:34determine who gets that number one seed. So, the Guardians now

01:38a five-game lead in the American League Central. Again,

01:41there are two division prices still available to bet on the

01:45fan rule sports book. The Yanks minus 750 with the three-game

01:48advantage to win the American League East with the five-game

01:51lead in the AL Central. Cleveland is minus 6000. Again,

01:55the Guardians rallying yesterday against Minnesota to

01:57win the opener of that set four to three. The Tigers knocking

02:02off Kansas City in Kaufman seven to six. In terms of that

02:06American League West, the Astros still a four-game lead

02:10despite Seattle winning three consecutive games. The Astros

02:15did drop their opener yesterday out in San Diego against the

02:19Padres but the odds maker is not putting that one up on the

02:22board. We know Joe for a very long time that whoever does

02:25come up just slightly short in the American League East would

02:28be that top wildcard team in the American League and despite

02:31the O's trailing the Yankees by three games, they're five

02:35games up over the Twins for that top spot. They're still

02:38two and a half in front of KC who has the second best spot.

02:42KC at this moment, again, losing yesterday to Detroit.

02:45Still a two and a half game cushion over Minnesota. The

02:48Twins, just a game and a half lead. Now, with 12 games

02:53remaining in this regular season, over the Tigers do not

02:58sleep on Detroit. The Tigers a seven six victory yesterday in

03:03Kansas City. The Tigers have been one of the best teams in

03:05baseball since the end of August. In those final few

03:08weeks of August, does Detroit have life to make an American

03:13League playoff run? And they've been since July one of

03:19the best pitching staffs in all of Major League Baseball,

03:22which is really what catapulted them to even make a run at

03:26this. So, I mean, when you look at it, no, everyone was

03:30laughing at Detroit a month ago. If we would have told you

03:33we were in this spot, Ben, people would have thought we

03:35were crazy but no, no, we're not crazy and a lot of this has

03:39to do with the fact that the Twins to your point have fallen

03:42off a cliff. But, you know, the Twins have been, you know,

03:47heckle and jive, heckle and hide all year long, Ben. Which

03:51version are you going to get? We've seen the one that

03:54strikes out a ton and the bullpen melts. We've seen the

03:57one that will score 15 runs on you and you don't have a

04:01prayer. That's the problem with Minnesota. They have not been

04:05consistent. Detroit has and Detroit in all likelihood could

04:09very well catch them in these final twelve games. It would

04:12not shock me.

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