Tigers beat O’s…Hinch goes right back to closer Foley after he was hit hard last night…check
RedSox do us a solid and sweep the Twins…check
Royals lose…check
Mariners lose…check
Don’t look now but the Tigers are sitting in the third WC spot with six games left. And can still pass the Royals for the second spot.
WOW!!!
Chris Ilitch in the middle looking super excited
Record wise, we are in a dead tie with the Royals. Like Minnesota, they are in a complete nose dive.
If we finish in the 3rd spot, we would play Houston in the playoffs.
If we finish in the 2nd spot, we would play Baltimore.
First WC- Orioles. 86-70, last 10: 3-7, playoff odds: 99%
Second WC- Royals, 82-74, last 10: 3-7, odds: 68%
Third WC- Tigers - 82-74, last 10: 7-3, playoff odds: 71%
Out right now- Twins - 81-75, last 10: 3-7, odds: 54%
Out rght now - Mariners - 80-76, last 10: 6-4, odds: 6%
Red Sox and Rays also have a chance of <1%.
A week ago, the Tigers odds were <10%.
Does Skubal project to get 1 or 2 starts in the last 6?
Skubal starts tomorrow against the Rays and is scheduled to start the season finale against the White Sox.
If, IF, they have a WC berth locked up I think you sit him so he starts in the playoffs
The Tigers go 4-2 and this thing is likely locked up. Hard to imagine the Royals and Twins going 4-2 and 5-1 respectively. Two stories of a hell of a surge and two collapses.
This is the Tigers playoff chart, pretty remarkable.
(sorry if already posted, catching up on threads now that I’m somewhat caught up on sleep).
Lol, they had a 0% chance of making the playoffs after the trade deadline.
Oops
From MLBtraderumors:
1. AL Wild Card race tightens:
The American League has put the “wild” in Wild Card this weekend. After months of the Royals and Twins consistently holding the final two Wild Card spots behind the Orioles, things got more interesting over the weekend as the red-hot Tigers knocked Minnesota out of playoff position entirely. Now, Kansas City and Detroit are tied for the last two playoff spots in the AL with identical 82-74 records, with the Twins just one game behind at 81-75. Should things come down to a tiebreaker, the Twins would benefit as they hold the tiebreaker over both Kansas City and Detroit, while the Royals won the tiebreaker over the Tigers.
The Wild Card isn’t limited to AL Central teams, though, and the Mariners notably lurk just one game back of Minnesota at 80-76 though all three Central clubs hold tiebreakers over Seattle. Meanwhile, neither the Red Sox nor the Rays have technically been eliminated at this point, but it would take a miracle for either 78-78 club to squeak into the postseason. Of all the potential Wild Card contenders in the AL, only the Mariners play today as they start a three-game set against the Astros that could either officially eliminate them from the AL West or vault them back into a playoff spot. That series kicks off at 7:10pm local time in Houston tonight, with youngsters Bryce Miller (3.06 ERA) and Hunter Brown (3.57 ERA) set to face off.
