Houston Leads AL West Race, Seattle and Texas Trail

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00:00All right, so Houston's back in as the favorite to win the American League West, followed by Seattle and Texas.

00:06I think we could safely say the Angels, although they've had a little bit more ups this season,

00:10and Downs are not going to win neither of the A's.

00:12So can Texas jump back in?

00:14Again, it feels like this is now Houston's to lose.

00:17They're significantly ahead of Seattle.

00:20But, Matt, Seattle is one of those teams at the deadline that it's like either now or never, right?

00:24I mean, we've said that a few times with them.

00:26But if they don't make the postseason this year, boy, there's going to be a lot of disappointment.

00:30Yeah, for sure.

00:31And I've been waiting for Texas for a while, and they just haven't come around.

00:34So I'm kind of starting to move on a little bit from them.

00:37Look at those other two teams.

00:39You know, Seattle, they have the pitching.

00:41They have some really talented hitters.

00:42Obviously, Raleigh's having an MVP caliber season.

00:45So you think they can break through and make that one interesting.

00:48I don't want to totally count them out just yet.

00:50But it's tough because Houston, I think, is kind of clearly just the better team.

00:55They're solid.

00:55They're experienced.

00:56They're playing good ball.

00:57They haven't really had that big dry spell where you worry about them.

01:02Obviously, there's been a few injuries here and there, but that's every team.

01:05So I really do think that they're in good shape to win the division, as the odds indicate.

01:09But there's something about it.

01:11I don't know.

01:11Maybe it's just because, you know, it's because of Cal Raleigh and everyone kind of fell in love with him even more over the All-Star break.

01:17But I just can't completely count out Seattle just yet.

01:20But I do think Houston is in really good shape there.