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00:02 And let's take a look at those wild card races between the American League and
00:06 the National League.
00:06 Cuz it looks like we're getting some separation in the American League.
00:09 The top spot in the wild card position does land with the Tampa Bay Rays,
00:13 a five and a half game lead.
00:14 So they're probably going to be in the playoffs here.
00:17 The Rangers and the Astros in a virtual tie for the second and
00:20 third wild card spot, which leaves the Blue Jays about two and a half games back.
00:24 Then the Red Sox five and a half and the New York Yankees 11 games back.
00:27 Let me just ask you a question here because the Rangers, Astros and
00:31 Mariners, they're gonna be fighting down the stretch for
00:33 two wild card spots and also a chance to win the AL West.
00:36 The Toronto Blue Jays, who were five and five in the last ten games,
00:39 two and a half games back, immensely talented here.
00:43 If I were to ask you this question today,
00:45 are we going to see three teams from the AL West in the playoffs?
00:49 >> So funny, Donny, because we were having this a couple of months ago going,
00:54 is it possible that every team in the American League East would finish above 500?
00:59 >> That's correct.
00:59 >> And that we'd have three teams from the American League East.
01:03 And what a difference a month makes because now we're talking about it from
01:07 the fact of, and really I think this is only because of how
01:11 absolutely absurd Seattle has been since the All-Star break, Donny.
01:17 I mean, when you look at them, they went from, I believe,
01:20 under 500 to a spot now in which they are very much alive in that division.
01:28 I mean, they were seven and a half games out.
01:31 And this was back in August 15th, they were seven and a half games out.
01:36 And now we've got what, nine, ten games later, and here we are talking about
01:40 the American League West being the division that people should be worried about.
01:44 It's ridiculous every two weeks how the storylines and
01:48 the narratives have changed based upon a team we didn't anticipate all of
01:53 a sudden getting red hot and
01:55 putting themselves right in the middle of the conversation.
01:58 >> Let's flip it over quickly to the NL here because the same thing could be
02:01 happening in the NL West.
02:03 You take a look at the Arizona Diamondbacks at the season ended today,
02:06 would be in the playoffs.
02:07 Just behind them a half game back is the San Francisco Giants and
02:10 then the leaders out there for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
02:13 So same question quickly here, Joe.
02:14 What are we thinking about three teams from the NL West getting in?
02:18 >> It's amazing.
02:19 It's like a carbon copy here in the National League West of what we got going
02:23 on and it's very, very possible that we will be looking at three teams from the West.
02:29 Hard to believe, but that's what we're looking at right now.
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