With roughly 20 video games remaining within the common season, loads of races are nonetheless but to be determined.
The NL East and NL West races are all however over, with the Braves and Dodgers main their respective divisions by double digits. You may make an argument that the Twins, with the one successful file within the AL Central and a 7 1/2-game lead over the Guardians, have that race wrapped up as nicely.
That leaves the AL West, AL East and NL Central nonetheless up for grabs, along with not less than one spot in every of the Wild Card races. In the NL, the D-backs have management of the third spot by the narrowest margin, with the Marlins, Reds and Giants all hanging in.
Biggest bounce: There wasn’t quite a lot of motion within the rankings from final week; a number of groups jumped two spots, together with the Blue Jays (No. 10 to No. 8), who took benefit of a softer schedule to open the month. Starting Sept. 1, the Jays went 7-2 in opposition to the Rockies, A’s and Royals.
Biggest drop: Not quite a lot of motion right here, both. The Giants dropped two spots, from No. 15 to No. 17. September has been tough — they opened the month with a six-game shedding streak in opposition to the Padres and Cubs.
1. Braves, 93-49 (final week: 1)
The Braves clinched a postseason berth with their 5-2 win over the Pirates on Sunday and, with a 15-game lead within the NL East, ought to have the division title wrapped up prior to later. They have 93 wins with 20 video games left to play and are on tempo for 106 wins. That would tie them with the 1998 Braves for the franchise file. Their 20-game homer streak was snapped on Sunday, ending a stretch that produced 41 lengthy balls.
2. Orioles, 90-52 (2)
The O’s ended a seven-game successful streak with a loss to the Red Sox on Sunday, however that shouldn’t detract from what they’ve going proper now. They are on fairly a roll, having averaged 8.5 runs per recreation throughout their successful streak, together with double-digit runs in three straight contests. Everyone is contributing. Entering Sunday’s recreation, Adley Rutschman had two homers and eight RBIs over his prior six video games, Austin Hays was batting .371 with 4 extra-base hits and 11 runs scored over 9 video games, and James McCann was hitting .308 with 15 RBIs over his previous 15 video games.
3. Dodgers, 87-55 (3)
The Dodgers have come all the way down to earth a bit of bit after successful 24 of 28. They dropped six of 9 earlier than their win over the Nationals on Sunday, however with a magic variety of 7 to clinch the division, if there was ever a secure time to go on a slide, it’s in all probability now. Still, the beginning pitching is a priority — Los Angeles is with out a number of rotation regulars, creating a number of query marks heading into October. Over 9 begins previous to Sunday’s recreation, Dodgers beginning pitchers had a 6.52 ERA.
4. Rays, 88-56 (4)
If there’s such a factor as making a press release throughout a pennant race, the Rays can mark their weekend collection at residence with the Mariners as one which got here via loud and clear. They took three of 4 from the M’s, who they’d face in a best-of-three Wild Card collection at Tropicana Field if the season ended in the present day. So that’s excellent news for the perennial postseason contenders, who’ve an MLB-best 12 comeback victories since Aug. 10. Tampa Bay’s 9 walk-off wins in 2023 are third-best in baseball, behind the Reds and Twins (10 every).
5. Astros, 82-62 (7)
Astros followers have vacillated between angst and unbridled pleasure, relying on if their workforce was being swept by the Yankees at residence, annihilating the Rangers on the street, stretching their residence shedding streak to 6 or, most lately, scoring 19 runs over two wins in opposition to the Padres at Minute Maid Park. And that was all around the course of 10 days. The Astros’ lineup is simply now at full power for the primary time all season, so it’s not all that shocking that they’ve gained 10 of 14 whereas averaging double digits in runs over that stretch. The huge query is the pitching, and whether or not a workers with fewer established arms than in years previous can carry them via one other postseason run.
The remainder of the sphere of 30:
6. Mariners (5)
7. Brewers (6)
8. Blue Jays (10)
9. Phillies (8)
10. Rangers (9)
11. Cubs (11)
12. Twins (12)
13. D-backs (13)
14. Marlins (16)
15. Reds (14)
16. Red Sox (17)
17. Giants (15)
18. Yankees (19)
19. Padres (20)
20. Guardians (18)
21. Pirates (23)
22. Angels (21)
23. Mets (22)
24. Tigers (24)
25. Cardinals (26)
26. Nationals (25)
27. White Sox (27)
28. Rockies (28)
29. Royals (29)
30. A’s (30)
Voters: Will Leitch, Alyson Footer, Anthony Castrovince, Paul Casella, Mark Feinsand, Nathalie Alonso, Mike Petriello, Sarah Langs, Arturo Pardavila, Andrew Simon, David Venn, Sweeny Murti, Doug Gausepohl, Travis Miller
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