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Al wild card standings5/29/2023 Can Zack Greinke and Jordan Lyles eat quality innings? AL West … The baton has been passed to a crop of promising young hitters led by Bobby Witt Jr., but the Royals have not seen their pitching develop in lockstep. This could be a year of mild regression before the club really starts to cook.Īre the Guardians quietly building a post-Lindor mini-dynasty? Seems like it, as they embark on a two-year window in which Shane Bieber will still front their rotation … Dylan Cease might win the AL Cy Young Award, but the White Sox’s hopes hinge on Lucas Giolito returning to form in his final year before free agency and Mike Clevinger proving viable after skirting punishment from MLB … Will Joey Gallo and Max Kepler get a big boost from the shift ban? The Twins hope so, and that they can piece together enough pitching to contend … In Miguel Cabrera’s swan song, injuries to pitchers Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal will hinder the Tigers, but their young hitters leveling up – Riley Greene, All-Star? Spencer Torkelson, consistent power threat? Kerry Carpenter, surprise star? – would represent big progress. … The Orioles’ wave of young talent is landing, but progress isn’t always linear. They should be more focused this year, but may not have enough pitching, regardless. A year ago, they won one more game to reach the playoffs now, it’s win two more and get past the wild-card round into the main draw … Though slowed by an oblique injury, Tyler Glasnow’s shutdown ability will make the Rays a far more daunting October opponent … The Red Sox’s stagnant 2022 culminated with the loss of Xander Bogaerts. ![]() It’s still the Yankees’ to lose, as Carlos Rodon’s acquisition and DJ LeMahieu’s health might be even more significant than retaining home run king Aaron Judge… The Blue Jays have been steady in their progress and now might be the time. We’ll know for sure come October, but for now, USA TODAY Sports’ six-person panel has produced this highly scientific projection of all 30 teams’ win totals this season: AL East The result might be a 100-win wild card team and a division winner somewhere in the 80s. There’s still time for the A’s to control most of their own fate if they just win some games.Now, the Cardinals-Brewers runner-up suddenly can’t fatten up on the Reds and Pirates so frequently, further imperiling their wild-card chances. Baseball-Reference : 10.5% (split 9% Wild Card, 1.5% division)īut they’re not at zero yet, and last week we saw how a few good days in a row can change the picture a lot.FiveThirtyEight : 7% (split 6% Wild Card, 1% division).FanGraphs : 5.4% (split 4.4% Wild Card, 1% division). ![]() The postseason odds are not in Oakland’s favor, according to some major sources. In particular the bullpen has blown eight saves in the past three weeks, resulting in six extra losses, but the rotation and lineup have also been inconsistent lately. Then they’ll get a chance to directly knock out another Wild Card candidate if they can muster a big performance against the Mariners, and technically there are enough head-to-heads left against the Astros to make one final run at the division.īut all of that would require the A’s suddenly getting hot for more than a few days at a time, and their recent play has been discouraging. The A’s could help their odds a lot by taking advantage of the weaker competition in the coming days, which they didn’t do by losing a series against the last-place Rangers last weekend. The other Wild Card teams have it slightly easier, but they do each have two or three series left against good teams, and sometimes they play each other which guarantees one of them takes a loss. ![]() They have one more week against sub-.500 opponents, and then it’s fellow contenders the rest of the way with Seattle and Houston. Here’s the remainder of Oakland’s schedule: Then the A’s and the Mariners are within reach, tied with each other at three games out - but only two back in the loss column compared with the Red Sox and Yankees. The Blue Jays and Red Sox lead the way, with New York falling a half-game behind this afternoon but still tied with Boston in the loss column.
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