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MLB playoff picture: Wild card standings, latest 2024 division standings
View Date:2024-12-23 23:58:41
(Updated through games played Sept 18)
Major League Baseball's 2024 season is in its penultimate week with playoff spots very much up for grabs.
Things are heating up in the wild-card races in both leagues, with a handful of teams separated by just a few games. In the National League, the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves are fighting for the second and third wild-card berths, entering Wednesday with Atlanta on the outside looking in.
"We're definitely competing to clinch, and it's going to come down to one play, one pitch. And that's what the playoffs is about," Mets infielder Jose Iglesias said Monday.
The playoffs begin on Tuesday, Oct. 1 with the best-of-three wild card series – two in earch league.
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Here's a full look at the MLB postseason picture:
AL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
- Baltimore Orioles (84-68): +4 games
- Kansas City Royals (82-71): +1.5 games
- Minnesota Twins (80-72)
- Detroit Tigers (80-73): 0.5 GB
- Seattle Mariners (77-75): 3 GB
- Boston Red Sox (76-76): 4 GB
NL wild card standings
Top three reach playoffs
- San Diego Padres (87-66): +2.5 games
- New York Mets (84-68): NYM hold tiebreaker vs. AZ
- Arizona Diamondbacks (84-68)
- Atlanta Braves (82-70): 2 GB
AL East
- New York Yankees (89-63) – clinched postseason spot Sept. 18
- Baltimore Orioles (84-68) – 5 GB
AL Central
- Cleveland Guardians (88-65)
- Kansas City Royals (82-71) – 6 GB
- Minnesota Twins (80-72) – 7.5 GB
- Detroit Tigers (80-73) – 8 GB
AL West
- Houston Astros (82-70)
- Seattle Mariners (77-75) – 5 GB
NL East
- Philadelphia Phillies (91-61)
- New York Mets (84-68) – 7 GB
- Atlanta Braves (82-70) – 9 GB
NL Central
- Milwaukee Brewers (88-64) – clinched division Sept. 18
NL West
- Los Angeles Dodgers (90-62)
- San Diego Padres (87-66) – 3.5 GB
- Arizona Diamondbacks (84-68) – 6 GB
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