Yankees & Dodgers Clinch Playoff Berths: Can They Make Runs?

We had a little celebrating going on last night. Yankees come from behind, win there, gets it done against the Twins. Yankees clinched a playoff spot. Dodgers had clinched a playoff spot. So we know what it's going to come down to. It's going to come down to the last couple of games there, Craig, for the everyone else crew. Arizona with a nice come from behind win last night, much to the Marlins' chagrin there. But Marlins have another crack at them here tonight, late night at 940. But right now, what do you do with teams at this time of year, Craig? I'm curious. Are the Yankees celebrating a postseason berth, or is it just business as usual for teams that have been there and done this? Well, the reason why they celebrate making the postseason is just because it's such a grind, Joe. No matter how you slice it, playing 160 games and being with the guys for six, seven months, I think even though that's not the end game for the Yankees, you have to celebrate some. So yeah, of course, like if they lose in the first round in a wild card series against Boston, if that's what it ends up being, it's going to be a very disappointing season for them. But I think you still do have to celebrate there. Even with the injury to Lizardo, you're going to see Philadelphia clinch soon. You're going to see the Cubs clinch soon. And really, what has sort of been shaken up, as I mentioned at the top of the show, and maybe we really shouldn't be surprised by this, is now Houston is falling and Texas is rising. And so that last hope for the Rangers to potentially make the playoffs is there. They finish off, I believe, with Minnesota and another team that isn't very good. They have a softer schedule than Houston does down the stretch. Now, they don't play each other, so this could literally come down to like the last week or the last day of the season, similar to Arizona-San Diego series. But that is now the one to watch, because Texas has not only put themselves back into a West position, but they could even fight for that final wild card position with Cleveland. If Cleveland doesn't win tonight, I think it's fair to say down two and a half games with like 10 to go, that the White Sox would end up winning the division. But this is the critical series, of course, still going on in the Central. Yeah, and it's, I mean, a bad, and let's not forget, we still have the Toronto Blue Jays very much in this, and one of the game behind. So Toronto's got some wins, and who's been there and done that more than Toronto over the last year? So, I mean, look at those numbers, got me 500. Does anybody finish above 500 win the West, do you think? It's going to come right down to the last day of the season. You know, probably 80-81 wins. Yeah, like, I think that's, I think that and then that final wild card, you know, could very well come down, Joe, to the last day. But, you know, Houston is just such a funny team, and I know Alvarez has been banged up a little bit, and you see those odds, like, honestly, that's really hard to believe that those are the current odds for the division. I mean, how could that be? I mean, I guess Houston must have won the season series with Texas. It's the only thing that I can think of, because as far as what I see the schedule down the stretch, I see Texas with the better path here, and they've been the hotter team. But, look, Houston's going to have to get Jordan going again. He's losing some steam for everything, for Triple Crown, for winning the MVP. Everyone's saying now maybe Junior Caminero wins the MVP for the Tampa Bay race. I thought that that was locked up with Alvarez winning it at this point. It still does appear that he is. But what would happen if Alvarez, you know, didn't do anything in the final 10 days? Could this shift significantly? I mean, the odds are telling us no, so I'm not going to try and pitch that. But Caminero did have a really strong finish to their season, and the Rays this weekend can clinch not just the playoffs, which they've clinched already, they can clinch the division this weekend as well.