![]() ![]() Now he won't have to pitch and can get ready for Tuesday. With a playoff spot up in the air, they would have been forced to start ace Kevin Gausman (remember, all games on Sunday start at the same time), which meant he wouldn't have been ready to start in the wild-card series. Seattle's loss that clinched a playoff spot for Toronto was a huge gift for the Blue Jays. The Astros are division champs, the Rangers are the fifth seed and the Jays the sixth seed. The Rangers and Astros finish with 90 wins and the Blue Jays with 89. The Jays won the season series 4-3 over the Astros, so they would be the No. The Rangers finish with 91 wins and the Astros and Blue Jays finish with 89. This is arguably an advantage for Toronto, as the Jays would travel to Minnesota while the Rangers head to Tampa Bay.Ģ. The Rangers won the season series over the Blue Jays (6 to 1) so they are the No. The Astros are division champs and the No. The AL West winner is determined first, so here are the scenarios:ġ. The Rangers enter Sunday with 90 wins the Astros and Blue Jays sit at 89. How will the seeding shake out in the American League? Getting a few extra days of rest for your bullpen and lining up your rotation for the division series is a strong incentive for both squads today. Remember, just last season three of the four road teams won their wild-card series. The Astros will have Cristian Javier going on regular rest.īoth teams will be all-in to try to avoid the unpredictability of a three-game series, so I doubt either team partied too late into Saturday night. They could go with Martin Perez, but he last started on July 29, before his banishment to the bullpen they also could conceivably go with Dane Dunning on three days of rest after he threw 87 pitches in seven scoreless innings against the Angels on Wednesday. They haven't announced their starter yet - Cody Bradford started that game but pitched in relief on Saturday. The Rangers are likely to go with a bullpen game of sorts, as they did five days ago. The Rangers, in the postseason for the first time since 2016, maintain a one-game lead over the Astros, but the Astros won the season series - so if Houston wins and Texas loses, the Astros take the title and the No. The Rangers beat the Mariners 6-1 as they handed Luis Castillo his shortest outing of the season the Astros beat the Diamondbacks 1-0 behind Justin Verlander's five scoreless innings to clinch their seventh straight postseason berth. Here's what to watch on Sunday in the playoff races and elsewhere. So MLB playoff teams are now set - but there are still a couple of things to decide. ![]() ![]() In rapid-fire fashion, the Miami Marlins clinched a wild card when they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Texas Rangers clinched with a win over the Seattle Mariners, the Blue Jays clinched when the Mariners lost, the Arizona Diamondbacks clinched with their game in progress when the Cincinnati Reds lost, and then the Houston Astros clinched when they beat the Diamondbacks. But then we set a record for most playoff spots clinched in a 90-minute span. Even heading into Saturday, we still had the possibility of a three-team tie in the American League West - with the Toronto Blue Jays potentially matching the AL West teams at 89 wins. Just a couple of days ago, it looked like we would have a wild final day of the MLB season. MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Texas Rangers, Seattle MarinersĬhaos? Not quite. What to watch on final day of 2023 MLB regular season You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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