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314 with an 1.183 OPS while Verdugo has 45 hits in that same 37-game stretch. Dalbec’s launched 11 homers and is hitting. Bobby Dalbec and Alex Verdugo have been carrying the team offensively since Aug. Manager Alex Cora already hinted at rearranging the rotation to get the maximum number of starts out of each pitcher. McCaffrey (Red Sox): Chris Sale and Nathan Eovaldi are going to be pushed over the next two weeks. But expect the Blue Jays to take advantage of their off-day this week to set up their rotation so Robbie Ray, José Berríos and Alek Manoah are in line for potentially crucial games down the stretch. The rotation has been a strength in the second half, save for some recent inconsistency from Hyun Jin Ryu. The Blue Jays will need to continue to be mindful of George Springer’s knee to avoid any setbacks. has put a slow August behind him with a 1.089 OPS this month - and that’s only the fourth-best mark in September for a Blue Jays player: Marcus Semien (1.108), Teoscar Hernández (1.245) and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 984 OPS, while averaging 8.00 runs per game. McGrath (Blue Jays): The offence powers the Blue Jays and in September they’ve been hotter than ever.
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With the understanding that the AL wild-card picture could veer off in many different directions by the time each of these teams has played a full 162 games, here’s an overview by a beat writer for each team - Lindsey Adler on the Yankees, Jen McCaffrey on the Red Sox, Kaitlyn McGrath on the Blue Jays - on what each club will need to achieve or overcome to reach the postseason. The Yankees have 15 games left, and Boston will play 14 more games this season. The Blue Jays have the most games remaining for the season at 16. Toronto has three games left against the Rays and three remaining against the Orioles.

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New York has three left against Tampa Bay and concluded their season series against Baltimore on Thursday. The season series between the Red Sox and Blue Jays is complete, and the Yankees will play them each in one more three-game series in late September.īoston has the most games remaining against the Orioles (six) and none remaining against the Rays. There’s a lot that can change between now and the conclusion of the regular season, but as the conclusion of Thursday’s games, here’s how the three AL East teams match up by records. Continue to go back one intraleague game at a time until the tie has been broken.
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Higher winning percentage in the last half plus one intraleague game, provided that such additional game was not between the two tied clubs. Higher winning percentage in the last half of intraleague games.ĥ. Higher winning percentage in intraleague games.Ĥ. Higher winning percentage in intradivision games.ģ. Head-to-head winning percentage during the regular season.Ģ. From MLB:ĭetermining Home-Field Advantage in Two-Team Tiebreakersġ. The process of determining home-field advantage begins simply, then grows more complicated if a tiebreaker can’t be determined off of initial measures. MLB offers a thorough explanation of all of its potential scenarios to determine a tiebreak, but the standard criteria is this: “If one game is needed to break a tie for a playoff berth between two teams, it will be played on the Monday after the scheduled end to the regular season, hosted by the team that won the season series against the other.”

Their neck-and-neck-and-neck pursuit of the wild-card slots has offered an opportunity to take a refresher course on Major League Baseball’s tiebreaking rules if teams reach the conclusion of the 162-game season with the same records. The small differences in season records among the Red Sox, Blue Jays and Yankees over the last week or so have been remarkable. Oakland and Seattle remain in the hunt, sitting just three and four games out of the second wild-card spot, respectively, but as of now, the race is between three division teams battling it out for two postseason spots.
