10 minutes ago, JTB said:

Should the Rangers come back to beat the Mariners (currently down 3-2, bottom 8) they would jump Toronto and push our magic number for the wild card back to 14 (they’d be 73-73 with a win.)

They just lost, so the magic # is 13.

2-seed - 16 (Hou)

Div - 15 (Cle)

Postseason - 13 (Tex and Tor)

Effective number now 14 in the division

47 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Do we know these are afternoon games?

2 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

Do we know these are afternoon games?

No idea, just interesting that these are being posted.

Astros are just a game back of us now. They also own the tiebreaker, so it's more like half a game.

Houston wins. 1 game back of the Sox and they have the tiebreaker. Home wild card series definitely in play.

Houston’s remaining schedule:

3 at TB

3 vs KC

3 vs ATL

2 at SEA

4 at A’s

We thought the Jays would crush the A's. Not so fast.

Our magic number on them- Their magic number on us:

Cle 15-16

Hou 15-15

Tor 12-18

Tex 11-19

Win 3 straight now!!!

59 minutes ago, flavum said:

Our magic number on them- Their magic number on us:

Cle 15-16

Hou 15-15

Tor 12-18

Tex 11-19

Win 3 straight now!!!

It would be lovely to clinch the playoffs at home next weekend against Detroit. Still very possible.

Missed this earlier this evening:

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The elimination # on MLB.com is at 12. Is that because we currently lead the season series against the Guardians?

5 minutes ago, chw42 said:

The elimination # on MLB.com is at 12. Is that because we currently lead the season series against the Guardians?

It's known as the effective number and yes. It essentially takes into account the likelihood of those things.

I think we're up 6-4 v Cleveland. So just 1 win in Cleveland gives us the tiebreaker.
We look good on all tiebreakers except v. Houston.