And down the stretch they come!
Now that we can officially see the finish line to this 162-game marathon, here’s a glance at how the wild-card packs for each league shape up entering the last week of the season.
While only one divisional race had been decided through Friday’s games — incredibly, the Phillies clinched the NL East last Monday, the earliest date in franchise history — we feel comfortable saying that only two other division titles are effectively still in play (maybe three).
The Tigers are clinging to a one-game edge on the surprising Guardians, who gained 1 1⁄2 games on Detroit on Saturday, and the Mariners took a two-game lead over the Astros by beating Houston in Game 2 of their weekend showdown on Saturday night at Daikin Park.
The Yankees also moved within two games o