Analyzing Tight AL Pennant Race: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros Lead

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00:00Focus on the American League is a little bit different in the standings that we see some

00:03really close races in the National League. If we look at the division leaders, Joe,

00:07as it currently stands in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays, three and a half games

00:11clear of the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers, nine games clear of the Cleveland Guardians,

00:16and then in the AL West, which is going to be some entertaining finish here. The Houston Astros,

00:20four and a half games clear of the Seattle Mariners and five and a half games clear

00:24of the Texas Rangers. The Mariners and the Rangers are playing right now. So we see with

00:27those division leaders. How confident are we, Joe, that the Blue Jays, the Tigers and the Astros

00:34will carry the day and win their divisions? I think there's battles everywhere. I mean,

00:41the only team that is in the position A, Donnie, to actually win their division is Detroit

00:48without a whole lot of fanfare there just because who's catching them in the Central? But Toronto

00:54is far from a given that they're going to take down the American League East. You've got obviously

01:00what's going on in the West with the Astros and the Mariners and now the Rangers. That's going to be

01:07a battle to the finish. So outside of Detroit, I don't, nothing, a lot of this whole board could look a

01:15lot differently, Donnie, in about two and a half weeks, three weeks, and all those odds could be

01:20different. So I wouldn't be jumping in on Toronto now because I'm not convinced they're the ones

01:25winning the American League East when it's all said and done.