There is just a week of MLB regular-season action left, and drama is really heating up about which baseball teams will make the postseason, especially in the American League. Currently, there is a tie for the final Wild Card spot . Additionally, teams that looked like shoo-ins to win their respective divisions are no longer safe. So how does the AL playoff picture stack up with playoff action starting up in just over a week?
American League divisional leaders
The Detroit Tigers spent a lot of the regular season as the best team in baseball. A top-two seed, and therefore a first-round bye, seemed like a certainty until recently. Now, Detroit has lost six straight games and have gone 1-9 over their last 10. They still lead the American League Central, but a divisional title is no longer