MLB standings: Playoff picture as of Sept. 9

NOTE: For the remainder of the regular season, SI.com 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.

Standings updated through the completed games on Monday, September 8.

AL East

team	w-l	pct.	gb	E#	odds
Orioles	84-59	.587	—	—	99.4
Yankees	73-68	.518	10	11	0.2
Blue Jays	74-69	.517	10	10	0.3

AL Central

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Royals	79-63	.556	—	—	44.3
Tigers	79-65	.549	1	19	54.2
Indians	74-68	.521	5	16	1.5

AL West

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Angels	88-55	.615	—	—	98.1
Athletics	80-63	.559	8	12	1.4

AL Wild Card

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Athletics	80-63	.559	+1	—	88.8
Mariners	79-64	.552	—	—	62.0
Tigers	79-65	.549	1/2	19	18.9
Indians	74-68	.521	4 1/2	16	2.4
Yankees	73-68	.518	5	16	1.5
Blue Jays	74-69	.517	5	15	3.4

AL Home Field Advantage Throughout Playoffs

team	w-l	pct.	gb	E#
Angels	88-55	.615	—	—
Orioles	84-59	.587	4	16
Royals	79-63	.556	8 1/2	12

If the season ended today:

The A's would host the Mariners in the Wild Card Game.

The Angels would have home-field advantage against the Wild Card Game winner in the Division Series.

The Orioles would have home-field advantage against the Royals in the other Division Series.

NL East

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Nationals	81-61	.570	—	—	99.5
Braves	74-70	.514	8	12	0.5

NL Central

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Cardinals	80-64	.556	—	—	91.9
Pirates	75-68	.524	4 1/2	15	5.3
Brewers	74-70	.514	6	13	2.7

NL West

TEam	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Dodgers	82-62	.569	—	—	84.8
Giants	78-65	.545	3 1/2	16	15.2

NL Wild Card

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#	odds
Giants	78-65	.545	+3	—	79.0
Pirates	75-68	.524	—	—	48.4
Braves	74-70	.514	1 1/2	18	22.9
Brewers	74-70	.514	1 1/2	18	26.0
Marlins	70-72	.493	4 1/2	16	1.2

NL Home Field Advantage Throughout Playoffs

team	w-l	pct.	gb	e#
Nationals	81-61	.570	—	—
Dodgers	82-62	.569	1	20
Cardinals	80-64	.556	2 1/2	18

If the season ended today:

The Giants would host the Pirates in the Wild Card Game.

The Nationals would have home-field advantage against the Wild Card Game winner in the Division Series.

The Dodgers would have home-field advantage against the Cardinals in the other Division Series.