![](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcDXaoMn5HFv1fbNuoatd4gwU5NnFRGQqPYmbtAvV3oax/PXL_20240508_230559492.webp) -------------------------------------------- With just five days left in the major league baseball season, things are getting pretty tight in the American League. Meanwhile, over in the National League, we have a pretty clear picture of what the playoff landscape is going to look like. You see, Tampa Bay has already punched their ticket in the American League East with a massive 96 wins on the season. That puts them six games ahead of the Yankees and 12 games ahead of the Red Sox. Despite that huge gap, the Yankees and Red Sox are still pretty strong contenders for wild card spots due to Cleveland only having 82 wins on the season in the AL Central. That leaves Toronto and Baltimore on the outside looking in for the AL East. The crazy thing is while Cleveland has 82 wins, the White Sox are right behind them with 81 wins, so we aren't even sure who is going to clinch the AL Central yet. One of them will get the regular playoff berth and the other will likely get a wild card slot. Meanwhile, Minnesota, Detroit, and Kansas City will definitely be left out in the cold. Sadly, the Tigers couldn't even string together a winning season. Ugh! Finally, things are just as murky in the AL West with Houston and Texas both having 78 wins. Likely one of them will get the division berth and the other will get the wildcard, however, I didn't mention it, but Toronto has 77 wins, so if Toronto wins out the season and Houston or Texas loses the rest of their games, it could be a very different wildcard playoff than we have talked about here. Can you imagine all three wildcard teams coming from the AL East? I don't see it happening, but anything is possible. As I said, things are pretty secure over in the National League with Atlanta, Milwaukee, and the Dodgers all decisively winning their divisions. It's also looking like Philly, The Cubs, and San Diego are poised to take the wildcard slots, with less uncertainty than we are seeing in the American League. Of course, anything is possible, but this would take even more of a miracle than we were just talking about in the AL to change things up here. I still can't figure out if the AL is really good and that is why the teams are so close, or the NL is really horrible and that is why only a few have risen to the top. I guess we will find out when the playoffs are over and the World Series starts! ---------- ### [My Sports Account - @bozz.sports](https://www.peakd.com/@bozz.sports) ---------- #### Come hang out in [The Pub](https://peakd.com/c/hive-178138/created) [Find us on Discord](https://discord.gg/cCEMJXAEXk) Or Check out my [Grilling and Smoking Community on HIVE](https://peakd.com/c/hive-138631/created) ------------- ![TEAMUSAhive_footer_bozz.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bozz/fXpCTKUZ-TEAMUSA-hive_footer_bozz.jpg) ---------------- *All pictures/screenshots taken by myself or @mrsbozz unless otherwise sourced*