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From Randy Arozarena's large at-bat towards the Texas Rangers to the postseason race, listed here are a number of the greatest tales from MLB because the playoffs close to.
(This story was up to date after Tuesday's MLB video games.)
The 2024 MLB playoff image is beginning to fall into place, however some groups are nonetheless jockeying for playoff place and others are nonetheless making an attempt to simply get a place within the 2024 postseason.
Take a have a look at the 2024 MLB playoff standings in addition to every MLB playoff contending group's magic quantity for the 2024 postseason.
What is a magic quantity in baseball?
It's the variety of wins wanted by that group mixed with the variety of losses by its closest competitor to clinch a purpose, resembling making the 2024 postseason, or incomes the No. 1 seed within the playoffs. When a group wins, the magic quantity goes down by one, because it additionally does when the group's closest competitor loses.
Six groups will make the postseason in each the National League and American League, with the highest two seeds getting a bye into the divisional spherical and the opposite 4 enjoying within the wild-card spherical. The No. 3 seed faces the No. 6 seed within the first spherical of the postseason, with the No. 4 seed taking over the No. 5.
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National League playoff seeds:
- Los Angeles Dodgers (93-64) – clinched playoff berth
- Philadelphia Phillies (93-65) – clinched division
- Milwaukee Brewers (90-67) – clinched division
- San Diego Padres (91-66) – clinched playoff berth
- New York Mets (87-70)
- Arizona Diamondbacks (87-71)
Still in competition:
National League wild-card sequence if the postseason started at this time:
National League magic numbers after Tuesday's video games:
- Dodgers: 4 (to clinch NL West)
- Mets: 4 (to clinch playoff berth)
- Diamondbacks: 4 (to clinch playoff berth)
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American League playoff seeds:
Still in competition:
- Minnesota Twins (81-76) – 2 video games again
- Seattle Mariners (81-77) – 2.5 video games again
- Boston Red Sox (80-78) – 3.5 video games again
- Tampa Bay Rays (78-79) – 5 video games again
American League wild-card sequence if the postseason started at this time
- Astros vs Tigers
- Orioles vs Royals
American League magic numbers after Tuesday's video games:
- Yankees: 1 (to clinch AL East)
- Royals: 4 (to clinch playoff berth)
- Tigers: 4 (to clinch playoff berth)
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