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This little break of one day could also help the wild card team with the best record reshuffle their rotation around a bit in order to set themselves up well for the three - game Wild Card Series, while the other two teams would likely have to scramble up until the last day of the season just to make it, which is its own form of postseason chaos.

Not exact matches

Wild Card weekend is always one of the best weekends of the NFL season and this year's slate brings with it some fairly unpredictable games and teams.

With just over a month of baseball to go in the regular season, maybe the Mets can still make it to the postseason, but they were already lagging behind three other teams in the NL Wild Card race, with another just a game back of tWith just over a month of baseball to go in the regular season, maybe the Mets can still make it to the postseason, but they were already lagging behind three other teams in the NL Wild Card race, with another just a game back of twith another just a game back of them.

So mostly for my edification, and partially to keep you from doing whatever it is you're supposed to be doing at your job, it's time to look at all of the teams still within spitting distance of the wild card in either league, starting with the American League.

This matchup marks the second time these teams have met in the postseason, the first of which was back in 1996 during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs with the Jaguars winning, 30 - 27.

You can do this with every team fighting for the second wild card in the American League.

So don't look at the AL second wild card as a bunch of teams with rosters that are three - quarters empty.

The Yankees also won Wednesday, defeating the Twins — the team that holds the second wild card as of this writing — keeping pace with the Sox.

These are two quality teams, but I can't give this chase more than a B because it's a) a second wild card and b) the teams have absolutely nothing to do with each other usually.

There's similar bunching with three teams holding onto the two wild card spots in the Senior Circuit, as the Marlins and Cardinals are tied at 57 - 51 for the second one.

The 2017 MLB playoffs are here, with 10 teams providing us several storylines to watch this October, from the wild card games all the way through the World Series.

It looked like a three - way race in that division, with the other two teams getting a wild card spot.

Going into Week 15, the Raiders come in ranked eighth in the AFC when it comes to seeding, with three teams above them in the running for a wild card spot.

To make things that much more complicated, over in the AL, there are six teams bunched up like that in part because just.001 points of winning percentage separate the Orioles and Blue Jays in the AL East — the Red Sox hold the second wild card and are just two games back of the division lead themselves, and the only way the O's and Jays both end up with a wild card is if Boston leapfrogs them for the division.

We won't get a six - way tie for one wild card or anything, but the more teams who are close to a tie now, the greater the chances of having at least one tie to deal with come Oct. 2.

This could be the season of five 84 - 78 teams with a round - robin, best - of - 17 playoff to sort through who wins the division and who wins the wild cards.

Ward said it's difficult to not keep up with the other teams in the wild - card race and in the Metropolitan Division.

The Avalanche currently hold a one point lead over the St. Louis Blues for the final Wild Card spot in the West with two games remaining for each team, and will face the Blues in the season finale on Saturday.

As for the NFC playoff matchups, Dallas seems destined to host the wild card team — let's say Chicago for fun — and Los Angeles most likely will entertain the home folk with Minnesota.

There is still a chance that whiskey - faced old Billy Kilmer, who resurfaced to quarterback Washington past St. Louis 26 - 20 last Saturday, could lug the Redskins into the playoffs as the NFC wild - card team with a 9 - 5 record, but only if several bizarre things happen this weekend.

Their schedule the rest of the way is made up — with one three - game exception against the Rays — of teams chasing them for the AL East crown or a wild card spot.

Carolina's victory allowed the team to stay ahead in a tight wild card race and pull even with the Saints for the NFC South lead.

In the National League, the Brewers were the only team in Wild Card contention to win on Saturday, with Travis Shaw delivering a walk - off home run in a 4 - 3 win over the Cubs in what has been a fantastic weekend series at Miller Park.

Instead, we'll have the two wild cards with the inferior records face off in Baseball Thunderdome, and the winner of that single game will go on to face the wild card team that had the bye in a three - game series.

The Niners kept their slim NFC West hopes alive and held off charging teams in the Wild Card race with an easy win over the Rams on Sunday.

In each league, four wild card teams are seeded, with No. 1 playing No. 4 and No. 2 playing No. 3 in a best - of - three series, with the first two games at the site of the team with home - field advantage.

The two teams came into the season with vastly different expectations, however, they are currently the front runners in the wild - card standings.

An eight - team playoff with automatic bids for each Power 5 champ and the highest - ranked Group of Five champ plus two wild cards would be a lot of fun.

Things get started on Tuesday night with the American League Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium, with the New York Yankees hosting the Minnesota Twins, the latter the first team in baseball history to reach the postseason one season after losing 100 games.

After all, with anticipated improvements to the Indians and Twins, and a strong Tigers team to contend with, will the Royals still be able to slip into the wild card with what is essentially an 84 win team?

The American League wild - card race was tighter than Spandex, with five teams separated by only three games: Texas, New York, Seattle, Milwaukee and Kansas City.

As an impartial observer, I'm more keen on the Orioles» approach of the little addition / hope for the best combo for a team that's chasing the second wild card along with six others.

With some question marks surrounding other Wild Card teams in the AFC, I wouldn't be shocked to see three AFC West teams in the postseason.

The NFC wild card race is tight and there are already three teams with at least eight wins that aren't holding a division lead.

There were 4 pools, with each pool having a winner and then 2 Wild Card Teams also advancing.

Not to the degree that he used to when he was a a prolific presence in the middle of the Texas» order, but Hamilton still has something to offer to a team dealing with injuries and fighting to stay in the wild card race in spite of them.

Pittsburgh's odds have not changed over the last two weeks and still remain at 25/1, but their odds are actually on par with teams like the Red Sox who have six teams ahead of them in the AL wild card standings.

Suffice it to say, he teams up with the princess (Lynn Collins) of one city which is struggling against the malignant advances of another, while a race of four - armed CGI warriors, the Tharks, act as a wild card between the two.

In the case of the Atlanta Falcons, with targets like Julio Jones and a steady ground game with Tevin Coleman and Devonta Freeman, Kaep passed for over 4,000 yards and helped the team go 10 - 6 to win the NFC South, only to fall in the wild card round to the Los Angeles Rams.

With the wild card and group stage complete, the action will now move to teams having their tournament life on the line for real during main week of action, kicking off Monday August 8 at 10 AM PST and continuing all week leading to the grand finals on Saturday, August 13.

Starting as a wild card in MX2, you eventually get to choose a team to sign with before entering the series as a full - fledged racer, making your way to MX1 and gaining a crowd of fans with each win.