SportsLine's World Series odds: 2.57 percent.SportsLine's playoff odds: 99.8 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .439.Do you prefer the D-Backs and Giants on the road, or the Phillies and Nationals at home? You never know with baseball, Anyway, the Rockies are still alive in the NL West race with a week to play. Nationalsīoth clubs are facing non-contenders the rest of the way. Dodgers: Two games at Diamondbacks, three games at Giants.The Rockies are one game behind the Dodgers in the loss column, though these two teams do not meet again this season. The NL West race is still very much a race. SportsLine's World Series odds: 29.08 percent.SportsLine's pennant odds: 46.16 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .497.Not clinched yet, but they are in good shape. The Brewers refuse to go away quietly, but, with less than a week to go in the regular season and no head-to-head matchups remaining, the Cubs have a two-game lead in the loss column and a magic number of five. SportsLine's World Series odds: 9.38 percent.SportsLine's pennant odds: 22.5 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .489.The Braves have already clinched their first division title since 2013, so now all that's left is trying to clinch home-field advantage in the NLDS. SportsLine's World Series odds: 3.52 percent.SportsLine's pennant odds: 10.92 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .502.Still, a postseason spot is a postseason spot, right? It's just likely that they'll be the visitor in that game as the Athletics are two behind the Yankees in the loss column for home-field advantage (though they are effectively three games back because New York holds the tiebreaker). The A's clinched a playoff spot on Monday, meaning they'll be in the Wild Card Game at absolute worst. SportsLine's World Series odds: 2.37 percent.SportsLine's pennant odds: 6.24 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .509.The Yankees have a brutal schedule this week (three at Rays and three at Red Sox), so clinching home-field advantage in the Wild Card Game won't be easy.ĪL wild card runner-up: Athletics (95-62) Because they hold the tiebreaker over the A's - they split the season series 3-3, so now the tiebreaker is intradivision record, and the Yankees are 40-30 against the AL East while the Athletics are 36-35 against the AL West - the magic number to clinch the top wild-card spot is four. The Yankees have already clinched a postseason spot and they are now trying to lock up home-field advantage in the Wild Card Game. Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .626.Also, the Astros are two wins away from becoming the first team with back-to-back 100-win seasons since the 2004-05 Cardinals, and that is pretty darn cool. Houston has already clinched a postseason spot, so it knows that, at worst, it will be the second wild-card team. The Astros have not yet clinched the AL West title, but they have a five-game lead in the loss column with six games remaining, so their magic number is two. SportsLine's World Series odds: 7.52 percent.SportsLine's pennant odds: 13.24 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .377.The only thing left to do now is pick up for wins in hopes of getting home-field advantage in the World Series. Cleveland is locked into its postseason spot.
The Indians already clinched the AL Central title, and they've also clinched a worse record than the AL West winner, so they know they'll be the road team in the ALDS against Houston or Oakland. SportsLine's World Series odds: 10.52 percent.SportsLine's pennant odds: 22.68 percent.Remaining opponent's winning percentage: .376.
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