CLEVELAND — The Guardians have scratched and clawed their way into the wild card race as the season winds to a close. Now they have work to do over their final 20 games .

Entering Sept. 8, the Guardians (72-70) were 2.5 games out of the final wild card spot . That spot is held by the Seattle Mariners (75-68), with the Texas Rangers (74-70) and Kansas City Royals (73-70) wedged between them to create a four-horse race.

It leaves the Guardians with 20 games to overtake three teams and punch their ticket to the playoffs.

But the question is how many games do the Guardians need to win to actually pull off that feat? FanGraphs' projections for the rest of the season , which are based on a number of factors, can provide a reasonable guide.

FanGraphs calls for the Royals to go

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