MORE: Injured Kershaw not optimistic about October return But they don't want to play a one-game season on Wednesday against the Cardinals, even though the game will be at home. The rivals go into the final day with 106 and 105 wins, respectively they've clinched the most wins by a 1-2 combo in baseball history. What's at stake?Īvoiding the wild-card game, mostly. NL West championship Where do they stand? He'll be opposed by LA rookie Reid Detmers. Left-hander Tyler Anderson will go to the mound first for the Mariners. Ryu has a 15.58 ERA over his last three starts. Toronto will have ace Hyun-Jin Ryu on the hill against Baltimore's Bruce Zimmermann. The Yankees have Jameson Taillon lined up to face Tampa Bay's Michael Wacha, although Taillon left his last start early with an ankle injury. MORE: Why the Jays would be the scariest team to face in playoffs The Nats will counter with rookie Joan Adon, who will be making his MLB debut. The onetime ace has been solid in his return from Tommy John surgery. It's all hands on deck for the final Sunday, but the Red Sox may be in the best spot pitching-wise with Chris Sale starting. If two teams clinch wild-card berths but are tied (that can only be the Red Sox and Yankees with 92 wins each), then the wild-card game would be in Boston because the Red Sox won the season series 10-9. The winner would advance to the wild-card game. The team with the better head-to-head record would host it. If two teams are tied for the second spot, then there would be a one-game tiebreaker on Monday. The winner of the second game would move on to the wild-card game, which again would be moved back. The winner of that game would host Club C on Tuesday. If three teams are tied for the second spot, Club A would host Club B on Monday. MORE: Playoff scenarios entering the weekend Head-to-head records would determine who gets the first pick. The winner of that game would be the second wild card, and the wild-card game would be moved back. The loser would play at Club C on Tuesday. The winner would become the first wild card. If just three teams are tied for the two spots, then Club A would be at home vs. That means they'll likely have to travel east right after playing in Seattle on Sunday. The Mariners don't have a choice in which team they would be as the fourth-place club in this group. The Blue Jays and Yankees would pick next. The team with the best overall winning percentage against the other three teams gets first choice of which club it wants to be (A, B, C or D). The winners of those two games would be the Wild Card teams and would face each other in the ballpark of whoever had the superior head-to-head record. 4, Club A would host Club B and Club C would host Club D. Here's how the matchups will be determined, from MLB.com: The clubs would choose/receive A, B, C and D designations. If all four teams finish tied after Sunday - the Yankees and Red Sox would have to lose, and the Blue Jays and Mariners would have to win, for that to happen - MLB will hold a first-of-its-kind set of tiebreakers. MORE: Updated playoff bracket, magic numbers as of Oct. Two of these teams will meet in the wild-card game for the right to face the Rays in the ALDS, but so much can happen in the days leading up to it. Toronto and Seattle are chasing at 90-71. Boston and New York are in control at 91-70. The last two open playoff spots in the majors. The Red Sox and Yankees are tied for the top spot the Blue Jays and Mariners are a game behind. Sporting News takes you through the Sunday scenarios as the baseball drama cranks all the way up: AL wild card standings Team Four AL teams have a shot at those wild-card berths as they enter play Sunday. Three postseason races are going down to the wire: two, for the wild cards in the American League the other, for the NL West championship.Īnd if everything breaks right, we'll have chaos beyond Game 162. A lot still needs to be settled in MLB on the final Sunday of the 2021 regular season.
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