Sentences with phrase «second wild card»

While they still might end up seeing 2015 as a stepping stone to greater things in the future, as of Thursday morning, they have won six games in a row and are now in possession of the AL's second Wild Card spot.

They are five points behind Columbus for second wild card sport in the Eastern Conference.

A loss at home to Cleveland on Sunday dropped the Mariners to 75 - 81, no longer able to catch the 82 - win Twins, currently in second Wild Card position 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 Royals have the AL Central all but officially wrapped up, leaving the AL West and second Wild Card open.

Now, after eight Rockies losses, the Cubs are 6.5 games back of the Rockies for that same second wild card.

Atlanta lost on Sunday at home to the Mets, suffering their 81st loss of the season, ensuring they won't catch the 82 - win Rockies, currently in second Wild Card position in the National League.

By reaching the.500 mark (71 - 71) for the first time since early June, the Phillies are now just four games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the second Wild Card spot in the National League.

Games back of second wild card Leading the second wild card by one game, and they're tied for both the AL East and the first wild card with 24 games left.

Games back of second wild card They're leading the second wild card, and they're one back in the AL East with 24 games left

Dammit, Orioles, why are you still... anyway, even when you get to some of the stragglers in the second wild card, they usually follow a pattern of having at least two solid - to - fantastic starters, though the third one can be a little bit less intimidating.

The Cubs were 2.5 games out of a Wild Card spot on July 26 and 5.5 games behind the Wild Card - leading Pirates, but as of Friday morning, they are now 4.5 up on the Giants for the second Wild Card spot and just 1.5 behind Pittsburgh.

When the trade deadline arrived, they were 50 - 54 and 4 1/2 games behind the second wild card, so they did the sensible thing: They gave up and traded away their best relievers.

This isn't to take away from the success they've had, but their sense of timing is the reason they're pulling away in the second wild card race, and I'm not sure that's something that can be bottled for next season.

Let me give you the State of the Second Wild Card in the National League: The Rockies are 11 games over.500, and they have a three - game lead over the Brewers for the second wild card spot.

But I was hoping for a seven - way tie for the second wild card race, and all we got are a couple of division races that might effectively be over in two days.

The race for the second wild card has been a disaster — a beautiful, hilarious disaster that we can't stop watching and appreciating, but disaster nonetheless.

No one has been able to catch the Yankees for the first wild card or hold on to the second wild card for anything more than a short burst.

The second wild card in one league is a fine chase, but it's something of a slap fight in the other.

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

Based on the runs they've scored and allowed, they should be 67 - 63, tied for the second wild card spot.

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.

But the absolute best thing about the second wild card is that it makes teams care about winning their division.

None of them would be contending if not for the second wild card.

The second wild card race in the American League has been a procession of different teams getting their lips stuck in the escalator, and it's been unfathomably ugly.

These teams are contending because of the second wild card, but they're also contending because of the weird sub-parity in the American League right now, and I'm not ready to pretend like they're truly excellent teams in a truly excellent steel cage match.

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.

Sure, the second wild card in the American League is a mess, and kind of an embarrassing one, even.

That's the State of the Second Wild Card right now in the American League.

The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, clinching the second Wild Card sport for the Colorado Rockies, their first postseason berth since 2009.

Which all brings us to the meaning of the 2015 Rangers: They are your Rorschach test for how you feel about the second Wild Card.

They have possession of the second wild card spot, and are a half - game behind the Dodgers for the first one.

Milwaukee also just missed on the postseason in 2017, finishing one game back of the Rockies for the second wild card and six games back of the Cubs in the NL Central.

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.

They're 17 - 21 and already 4.5 games back of the AL West leaders, the Mariners and Rangers, as well as the second wild card.

The Avalanche jumped over idle St. Louis and stayed a point behind Anaheim for the second wild card with 75 points.

One thing that's interesting is that the second wild card hasn't helped as much as you might expect, but that's only when you combine the leagues.

Imagine, then, how hopeful fans of the Royals, Rays, and Mariners are, given the three clubs are now in a three - way tie for the second wild card spot in the American League.

The Avalanche moved within two points of Minnesota for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

The Rangers are only four games back of the second wild card spot as things stand right now, with only a 5.9 % change of making the playoffs, but if they have any hopes of making it that far Beltre playing is obviously more ideal that him not playing.

Jeff Skinner also scored, Elias Lindholm had two assists and Cam Ward stopped 29 shots to help Carolina remain one point ahead of Columbus for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.

Colorado won for the 11th time in 12 home games and moved within two points of idle Calgary for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

The Avalanche, playing without leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon for a fifth straight game due to a shoulder injury, fell four points behind Minnesota for the second wild card in the West.

And, sure, maybe it's time to scrutinize the July 31 trade deadline and see if it needs to change now that more teams feel like they're in a postseason race with the second wild card.

When they made their monster moves, I concern - trolled a bit and wondered if it was the right play, considering they were behind two different teams for the second wild card spot, and the Yankees were out of reach.

The Yankees aren't out of things yet — even with the injuries and the disappointments, they sit just 3.5 games back in the AL East and are currently half a game up on the Twins for the AL's second wild card.

Be wary of their ability to stay over.500, much less win the second wild card spot.

I'm fine with the status quo, even if the second wild card has made a difference in deadline activity.

They were in the front spot, with a safety net of the second Wild Card under the safety net of the first Wild Card, and they were still in a division race.

When I tweeted out a column about the second wild card ruining the deadline, there were three responses about moving the deadline back.