In the American League, there is still 3 teams that have a shot at 2 Wild Card spots. Tampa Bay, Cleveland, and Texas.
As Tampa Bay has a 1 game lead over Cleveland who has a 1 game lead over Texas. So, Texas needs to step it up on their next games.
For the Rangers, they are playing the Angels for their last 4 games at home. That is good and bad for them.
Good: They are at home playing for the state of Texas that wants to see them make it to the playoffs.
Bad: The Angels have a solid 39-38 record away.
For the Indians, they are taking on the Twins for their last 4 games away. The Twins have underperformed this year and have only a 32-45 record at home. This is good news for the Indians. They also are already in 2nd for the Wild Card, so they have an advantage over Texas.
For the Rays, they are playing the Yankees in 1 game and the Blue Jays the next 3, all away. The Rays are already standing with a 1 game lead over Cleveland, so there is room for some error. The Blue Jays are 38-40 at home, so not awful but certainly not good either.
The Blue Jays are in last place in the AL East, a very tough division consisting of the Red Sox, Orioles, Rays, Yankees, and Blue Jays.
I think the Wild Card Playoff game will be between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Indians.
The Indians have an easy next 4 games which could easily be 4 wins. The Rays don't have a very hard next few games, but they should be fine.
As for the Rangers, I do not think they will be able to get enough wins to get into the 1 Game Playoff. Even if they won all of their games, it will still be close due to the fairly easy end of the season the Rays and Indians have.
It will be interesting to see how this race finishes and of course how the whole playoffs go.
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