1 minute ago, flavum said:

Lip, pay attention. It’s 4.

Explain please.

Hou- 6 games left + 1 because they didn’t win the season series = 7 minus 3 games up in loss column equals 4

Tex- 6 games left (we won the season series so we don’t add 1) 6 minus 2 games up in the loss column equals 4

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by flavum

11 minutes ago, flavum said:

Lip, pay attention. It’s 4.

It's actually 3 at the moment because the Jays have the tiebreaker over the Astros. It can get complicated if it ends up being a 3 way tie where the Astros would end up winning the tiebreaker on aggregate head to head record.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by chw42

8 minutes ago, flavum said:

Hou- 6 games left + 1 because they didn’t win the season series = 7 minus 3 games up in loss column equals 4

Tex- 6 games left (we won the season series so we don’t add 1) 6 minus 2 games up in the loss column equals 4

I'll take your word for it because the machinations have lost me!

3 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I'll take your word for it because the machinations have lost me!

Easiest way for me to figure it out is since Houston has the tie breaker over us if they go underrated the rest of the way the Astros will finish with 83 wins

Sox are currently at 80 wins so need 4 more wins (or Houston loses) to not be caught

The best record Houston can currently end up with is 83-79. They have tie-breaker over the Sox. Thus the Sox need to get to 84 wins to finish ahead of Houston. Magic number = 4.

The best record Texas can finish with is 84-78. The Sox hold the tie-breaker over Texas so they only have to tie them to win the WC. Thus the Sox need to get to 84 wins. Magic number = 4.