Pennant race standings and projected postseason matchups: September 18

Standings updated through all the games of Tuesday, September 17.

NOTE: For the remainder of the regular season, The Strike Zone will have a daily post updating the standings relevant to the postseason races. The positive numbers under Games Behind for the wild-card leaders indicate their lead over the third-place team in the race, or how far they are from being knocked out of a playoff spot. The Elimination Number (E#) column indicates the total number of the given team’s losses and leading team’s wins needed to eliminate that team from the race (essentially the reverse of a magic number). The magic number of the leading team is the elimination number of the second-place team. Postseason Odds are from ClayDavenport.com and will be updated in the mornings only.

If the season ended today:

• The Rangers would host the Rays in the Wild Card Game on Wednesday, Oct. 2 (homefield advantage determined by Texas leading the season series between the two teams, 3-2)
• The Wild Card Game winner would face the Red Sox in the Division Series.
• The A's would have homefield advantage against the Tigers in the other Division Series.

If the season ended today:

• The Pirates would host the Reds in the Wild Card Game on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
• The Wild Card Game winner would face the Braves in the Division Series
• The Cardinals would have homefield advantage against the Dodgers in the other Division Series.