(This story was up to date after Friday's MLB video games.)
How can the Arizona Diamondbacks clinch a spot in the 2024 MLB playoffs?
The workforce has a number of avenues obtainable to tackle the street to the MLB postseason in the closing few video games of the common season.
The DBacks' magic number sits at 4, that means that Arizona wants that mixed number of Diamondbacks wins in addition to losses by their closest competitor to make the 2024 postseason.
Arizona at the moment sits at 88-72 on the season, in fourth place in the National League wild-card race (three wild-card groups make the playoffs).
The New York Mets (87-71) are in third place, whereas the Atlanta Braves (87-71) are in second, thanks to holding tiebreakers over New York and Arizona.
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Arizona has two video games vs the San Diego Padres left in Phoenix. The Mets play a two street video games towards the Milwaukee Brewers and then a doubleheader in Atlanta on Monday. The Braves play a two video games at residence towards the Kansas City Royals and then the doubleheader towards New York.
The Mets and Braves personal tiebreakers over the Diamondbacks, so Arizona has to end with a greater report than a kind of groups to get into the playoffs.
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Diamondbacks win two video games, Braves lose two video games
This state of affairs would put the Diamondbacks in over the Braves in the National League wild-card race.
Diamondbacks win one recreation, Braves lose three video games
This state of affairs would put the Diamondbacks in over the Braves in the National League wild-card race.
Diamondbacks win zero video games, Braves lose 4 video games
This state of affairs would put the Diamondbacks in over the Braves in the National League wild-card race.
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Diamondbacks win two video games, Mets lose two video games
This state of affairs would put the Diamondbacks in over the Mets in the National League wild-card race.
Diamondbacks win one recreation, Mets lose three video games
This state of affairs would put the Diamondbacks in over the Mets in the National League wild-card race.
Diamondbacks win zero video games, Mets lose 4 video games
This state of affairs would put the Diamondbacks in over the Mets in the National League wild-card race.
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Diamondbacks win zero video games, Mets lose 4 video games
New York dropping its final 4, mixed with Arizona getting swept by the Padres would get the DBacks into the postseason.
Diamondbacks win zero video games, Braves lose 4 video games
The DBacks would again into the postseason in the event that they have been swept by the Padres offered that the Braves misplaced 4 of their closing 5 video games.
Diamondbacks win zero video games, Mets lose 5 video games
Arizona may additionally get into the playoffs if the Mets have been to lose all of their remaining video games, even when Arizona did not win one other recreation.
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