MLB standings: Playoff picture as of Sept. 17
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 Tuesday, September 16.
* = Team has clinched division. ^ = Team has clinched Wild Card spot.
AL East
team | w-l | pct. | gb | E# | odds |
91-60 | .603 | — | — | 100.0 |
AL Central
AL West
AL Wild Card
team | w-l | pct. | gb | e# | odds |
83-67 | .553 | +1 | — | 95.2 | |
82-68 | .547 | — | — | 46.1 | |
81-69 | .540 | 1 | 12 | 40.3 | |
77-73 | .513 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | |
77-73 | .513 | 5 | 8 | 1.4 | |
76-74 | .507 | 6 | 7 | 0.2 |
AL Home Field Advantage Throughout Playoffs
If the season ended today:
The Athletics would host the Royals 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 Tigers in the other Division Series.
NL East
team | w-l | pct. | gb | e# | odds |
87-63 | .580 | — | — | 100.0 |
NL Central
NL West
NL Wild Card
team | w-l | pct. | gb | e# | odds |
83-68 | .550 | +2 1/2 | — | 87.4 | |
80-70 | .533 | — | — | 58.7 | |
79-72 | .523 | 1 1/2 | 11 | 29.2 | |
75-76 | .497 | 5 1/2 | 7 | 0.9 |
NL Home Field Advantage Throughout Playoffs
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.
