Yankees Lead AL East, Thrilling AL Wild Card Race Heats Up

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00:00We start in the American League, Joe, by looking at the AL playoff picture.

00:07The Yankees need one win to claim the American League East.

00:11They have built up a hefty lead over the O's, who are four games below .500 since the All-Star

00:17break.

00:1892-64 for New York.

00:20Not just a big lead, Joe, for the Yanks over the Orioles.

00:24Also a pretty substantial difference now in front of the Guardians.

00:28We've got a two-and-a-half game lead for the top overall seed in the American League.

00:32The Astros had an opportunity like the Phillies did in the National League East to claim the

00:37American League West divisional crown last night.

00:40Bryce Miller, seven innings of two-hit baseball, shutting out the Astros.

00:44They did end up scoring one run, but Seattle keeps the hope alive ever so slightly in the

00:50American League West.

00:52Those are the divisional standings.

00:54Now let's get to the really good stuff.

00:56It's the wild card race.

00:58The Orioles, all right, they're not going to win the American League East, but still,

01:02they have a four-game lead for the top wild card spot.

01:05The Royals have lost seven straight.

01:08The Tigers are playing out of their mind since August 22nd.

01:13Those two American League Central teams are tied for the final two AL wild card spots.

01:18The Twins on a slide.

01:21They are now a full game outside of the wild card standings.

01:25And the Mariners only back by a game and a half, even if the American League West seems

01:30a little bit out of reach.

01:33And boy, it got real interesting over the last week and a half, Ben, mostly because

01:38the Royals have fell apart.

01:41And now all of a sudden, with the way Detroit's been playing, Minnesota, the Mariners now,

01:46can they win enough games and get some help here?

01:49I really thought it was pretty solidified there that we were going to just get the Orioles,

01:56the Royals, and the Twins, but anything but that can happen.

02:00It might look totally different by the end of the week here, Ben.

02:03It's kind of crazy.

02:04And, Joe, that is the crazy thing, and you are completely correct in that at least estimation.

02:09At the all-star break, even in the few weeks after, by the time we got to the middle of

02:14August, it seemed pretty determined.

02:16The Red Sox were struggling.

02:18The Mariners were not going to catch the Astros who were surging in the American League West.

02:23That in some form or fashion, the team that lost out on the American League East would

02:28be the top wildcard team, and it would be the Twins and the Royals, in some order, taking

02:34the final two spots.

02:35Minnesota has struggled mightily.

02:38Detroit has been great, and KC is holding on for dear life as they have lost seven in

02:45a row.

02:46So, let's look at those playoff odds available on the FanDuel Sportsbook.

02:51Exactly a week ago, I bet the Tigers, at plus 140, to make the American League postseason,

02:57you could have got them closer to plus 700 a few days prior to that.

03:02Now, where the odds are in the American League, Detroit is minus 405, Minnesota, minus 138,

03:10Kansas City, minus 178.

03:14The Tigers have the best place of the American League Central Trio to get to the postseason.

03:21It's kind of, it really is kind of crazy what's been going on here.

03:25The Royals could very well, if they can't turn this thing around, Ben, this is just

03:33heartbreak city here for Kansas City, but I do think they should have enough to be able

03:38to close it out down the stretch here this week.

03:40I'm banking on them making the playoffs.

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