The first two games of this series can be seen on Sportsnet ONE with Wednesday’s series finale set to air on Sportsnet. Tampa Bay is 25-31 on the road this season and were swept in their most recent road series against New York. TB NYY: The Rays have struggled against the Yankees this season, going 3-7 in their 10 meetings. After this series, Toronto begins a four-game road series with the Yankees and Baltimore will finish their week at home against the Red Sox. The Blue Jays have not fared well against teams above. Each game in this series can be viewed on Sportsnet. Minnesota’s FanGraphs odds: 40.5% | Minnesota’s Baseball-Reference odds: 37.3%Ĭhicago’s FanGraphs odds: 46.0% | Chicago’s Baseball-Reference odds: 40.1%īoston’s FanGraphs odds: 17.6% | Boston’s Baseball-Reference odds: 7.2%īAL TOR: As mentioned above, the Blue Jays and Orioles begin a three-gamer in Toronto Monday night with Kyle Bradish and the struggling Yusei Kikuchi expected to get the starts. Tampa Bay’s FanGraphs odds: 52.6% | Tampa Bay’s Baseball-Reference odds: 47.1%īaltimore’s FanGraphs odds: 3.6% | Baltimore’s Baseball-Reference odds: 41.7% Seattle's FanGraphs odds: 85.5% | Seattle's Baseball-Reference odds: 85.2% Toronto’s FanGraphs odds: 91.5% | Toronto’s Baseball-Reference odds: 75.7%Ĭleveland’s FanGraphs odds: 62.5% | Cleveland’s Baseball-Reference odds: 65.2% Here is what FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference are projecting, as of Monday morning, in terms of playoff odds among AL teams battling for the wild-card spots…
Meanwhile, Baltimore prepares for a three-game road series in Toronto against a Blue Jays team they beat on back-to-back nights just one week ago. Minnesota is about to enter a seven-game home stretch against the Royals and Rangers who have a combined 99-131 record this season.
Baltimore is 8-4, Minnesota is 5-7 and Chicago is 8-6 so far in August.Ĭhicago is coming off a weekend sweep of the Tigers and hoping to carry that momentum into a four-game home series with Houston that begins Monday. The Orioles, Twins and White Sox are all within 2.0 games of the Rays for the final AL wild-card spot. 1 seed will then face the winner of the No. The top two seeds get a bye through the opening round. Six AL teams and six NL teams will qualify for a straightforward bracket-style playoff. Keep in mind MLB introduced a new, 12-team format for the 2022 post-season. With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at AL’s wild-card race and what to keep an eye on this week. We've just got to kind of keep our head down and really just kind of focus on ourselves and not really focus too much on what's going on around the league.”
“We've got to be able to just turn the page and realize that you can't dwell too much on it, especially this time of year. “Obviously, we're not playing our best baseball right now, but we've got the Orioles coming into a new series,” Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman said after Sunday’s loss. The team is expected to get George Springer back in the lineup following his recent stint on the IL, which could help the team regain its form. Toronto hasn’t won back-to-back games in more than two weeks and lost their weekend series with Cleveland, getting outscored 16-4 overall and dropping two of three games. The Toronto Blue Jays currently hold the top wild-card spot in the AL, sitting a half game ahead of the Seattle Mariners despite having one fewer win. This week in particular sets up as an important one in the American League Wild Card standings. With less than two months remaining in baseball’s regular season, the various MLB playoff races are getting more and more interesting as each series passes.
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