Posted September 24, 2012
Pennant Race Standings: Sept. 23
Standings updated through all the games of Sunday, September 23; Postseason Odds last updated Monday morning.
NOTE: For the remainder of the regular season, Hit and Run will have a nightly post updating the standings relevant to the postseason races in the wake of that night’s action. The positive numbers under Games Behind for the wild-card leaders indicate their lead over the third-place team in the race, or how far they are from being knocked out of a playoff spot. The Elimination Number (E#) column indicates the total number of the given team’s losses and leading team’s wins needed to eliminate that team from the race (essentially the reverse of a magic number). The magic number of the leading team is the elimination number of the second-place team. Postseason Odds are from ClayDavenport.com and will be updated in the mornings only.
p = clinched playoff spot
d = clinched division title
| AL East |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| Yankees |
88-64 |
.579 |
- |
- |
82.9 |
| Orioles |
87-65 |
.572 |
1.0 |
10 |
16.8 |
| Rays |
83-70 |
.542 |
5.5 |
5 |
0.3 |
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| AL Central |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| White Sox |
81-71 |
.533 |
- |
- |
47.3 |
| Tigers |
80-72 |
.526 |
1.0 |
10 |
52.7 |
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| AL West |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| Rangers |
90-62 |
.592 |
- |
- |
98.1 |
| Athletics |
86-66 |
.566 |
4.0 |
7 |
1.9 |
| Angels |
84-69 |
.549 |
6.5 |
4 |
0.03 |
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| AL Wild-Card |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| Orioles |
87-65 |
.572 |
+3.5 |
- |
71.3 |
| A’s |
86-66 |
.566 |
- |
- |
80.0 |
| Angels |
84-69 |
.549 |
2.5 |
8 |
25.8 |
| Rays |
83-70 |
.542 |
3.5 |
7 |
12.5 |
| Tigers |
80-72 |
.526 |
6.0 |
5 |
0.08 |
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If the season ended today:
- The Orioles would host the A’s in the wild-card game.
- The wild-card winner would open at home against the Rangers in the Division Series.
- The White Sox would open at home against the Yankees in the other Division Series.
| NL East |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| p-Nationals |
92-60 |
.605 |
- |
- |
94.6 |
| Braves |
88-65 |
.575 |
4.5 |
6 |
5.4 |
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| NL Central |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| d-Reds |
92-61 |
.601 |
- |
- |
100.0 |
|
| NL West |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| d-Giants |
89-64 |
.582 |
- |
- |
100.0 |
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| NL Wild-Card |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E |
Odds |
| Braves |
88-65 |
.575 |
+8.5 |
- |
94.6 |
| Cardinals |
82-71 |
.536 |
- |
- |
84.6 |
| Brewers |
79-73 |
.520 |
2.5 |
8 |
11.8 |
| Dodgers |
79-74 |
.516 |
3.0 |
7 |
2.7 |
| Diamondbacks |
77-75 |
.507 |
4.5 |
6 |
0.6 |
| Phillies |
77-76 |
.503 |
5.0 |
5 |
0.2 |
| Pirates |
75-77 |
.493 |
6.5 |
4 |
0.003 |
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If the season ended today:
- The Braves would host the Cardinals in the wild-card game.
- The wild-card winner would open at home against the Nationals in the Division Series.
- The Giants would open at home against the Reds in the other Division Series.
And if the NFL ended today....
Maybe you'd want to hold off for another week?