American League Wild Card Race Heats Up in Final Week

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00:00All right, here's the situation as we head into the final week.

00:07In fact, we'll throw the AL wildcard standings up and I'll just tell you everything that

00:10happened and how we got there.

00:13Tigers beat the Orioles yesterday 4-3, so that along with the Yankees playing well in

00:17Oakland means the AL East is pretty much over, Scotty.

00:20Yankee magic number is one.

00:21They play the Orioles starting tomorrow for a three-game series.

00:24They're going to win the division.

00:25Orioles have the top wildcard.

00:27But as you look right beyond that, the Royals and the Tigers are now both 82-74.

00:34The Twins got blasted in Fenway all weekend.

00:37They've lost 22 of their last 33 games and they are now one game back of both the Royals

00:43and the Tigers.

00:44The Tigers just lost all seven games of a homestand this past week.

00:48So they're not playing well either.

00:51That is the spot as we head into the last week.

00:54Everybody's got six games left here, Scotty, over this next few days.

00:58Now remember the one thing.

01:00Detroit finishes with the White Sox Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, who of course have now

01:06lost 120 games.

01:09That's who Detroit finishes with this week.

01:11Well, I mean, honestly, if you don't sweep them, you don't deserve to be in the playoffs.

01:17And I don't really give a rat's ass about anybody else.

01:23I guess I could see the Twins and Seattle still having a remote chance.

01:30They're one and two games back.

01:32I think obviously you're going to talk about the National League.

01:35The Braves are two back.

01:37But the reality is I'm actually rooting for the Tigers to get in and the Royals.

01:42And I think the Orioles are getting in either way.

01:45But the Orioles have played like Shaq the last two months.

01:49I mean, the other day, Santander hit a home run first time they won a game in a month.

01:54I mean, they're just not playing well.

01:55So when you go to October, not playing well, you're not going to just turn around and start

02:02playing well.

02:03It doesn't work that way.

02:05In the regular season, it can.

02:06You could have hot streaks and cold streaks.

02:09Then you turn a corner and get, you know, winning again.

02:13But when you go into the postseason playing like crap, you lose and you're eliminated.

02:21You certainly do.

02:22Now, the Royals play Washington and Atlanta this week on the road.

02:27Minnesota is home for the Marlins starting tomorrow.

02:32And then they finished with the Orioles in Minnesota.

02:35Detroit is home the entire week, three with Tampa and then the three with the White Sox

02:41that we've been mentioning there.

02:43So, you know, each of these teams are not playing great teams.

02:46I mean, Minnesota is playing the Marlins.

02:48You know, the Royals are playing the Nationals.

02:50You know, there's chances for wins here.

02:53And that's where I think, Scott, you tell me if I'm wrong.

02:57Baltimore has been so bad, so bad.

03:01And they're four up on all those teams.

03:02But if they ever got swept by the Yankees and lost all three of those games, they could

03:08be on thin ice heading into the weekend.

03:09That's how bad they've been.

03:11If everyone takes care of business against the really bad teams, they could be on thin

03:15ice heading into this weekend.

03:17I mean, you know, you hit the nail on the head.

03:20There's nothing else I can add to that.

03:22You said it perfectly.

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