Dodgers' Standings and Magic Number for Clinching Division and Playoff Spot

The Dodgers are inching nearer to their twelfth consecutive postseason berth, with an opportunity for a 3rd straight National League West title and eleventh divisional crown over these final dozen years. Here’s what they want over the common season’s remaining days to clinch varied issues, together with qualifying and playoff seeding.

“I think of it in two separate parts. One is the regular season goal, which is to win the division, and put ourselves in the best position to accomplish our ultimate goal,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman mentioned through the SportsNet LA broadcast on September 9 in opposition to the Cubs. “The ultimate goal obviously is to win the World Series.”

National League West

Division standings by means of September 16

Dodgers 89-61 (.594)
Padres 86-65 (.570) 3½ video games again
D-backs 83-67 (.553) 6 GB

The Dodgers magic quantity to clinch the division is 9.

San Diego beat the Dodgers in seven of their 10 matchups this season and has clinched the season sequence, incomes the tiebreaker ought to the 2 groups end with the identical document. Los Angeles gained the season sequence over Arizona, 7-6, so that they maintain that tiebreaker.

Should these three groups end tied, the division winner would be the staff with the most effective document in opposition to the opposite two groups. The Padres presently maintain that benefit at 12-8 in opposition to the Dodgers and D-backs; Arizona is 11-12 and Los Angeles is 10-13.

San Diego through the remaining week of the season will face each groups on the highway, first in opposition to the Dodgers from September 24-26 at Dodger Stadium and then on the D-backs from September 27-29 in Phoenix.

Clinching a playoff spot

Through September 16, the final National League staff out of the postseason is the Braves, who're one sport behind the Mets for the third wild card spot.

Dodgers 89-61 (.593)
Mets 82-68 (.547) third wild card
Braves 81-69 (.540) 8 video games again of LA

The Dodgers maintain the tiebreaker over the Mets by successful 4 of six video games, and they maintain the tiebreaker by successful 5 of seven in opposition to the Braves.

The Braves and Mets additionally play in opposition to one another for three video games from September 24-26, which ensures that the worst of the 2 groups will finish with not more than 93 wins, which implies LA’s magic quantity to clinch a playoff spot is 4.

National League seeding

It’s a detailed battle between division leaders within the NL. Through September 16:

Phillies 90-60 (.600)
Dodgers 89-61 (.593)
Brewers 87-63 (.580)

Division winners with the 2 finest information earn byes straight into the division sequence, whereas the third-best division winner has to play within the best-of-three wild card spherical.

The Dodgers misplaced the season sequence in opposition to the Phillies, dropping 5 of six video games, giving Philadelphia that tiebreaker. But Los Angeles owns the tiebreaker over the Brewers by successful 4 out of seven over Milwaukee.

The Dodgers have a magic variety of 10 over the Brewers to clinch a bye into the NLDS. Put one other means, the Dodgers want 10 out of 24 outcomes to fall their means.

The Dodgers magic quantity to clinch the most effective document within the National League is 14.