MLB Standings: AL Wild Card
Current standings:
28-14 Boston Red Sox (+64 run differential)
25-17 Los Angeles Angels (+33 run differential)
24-17 Seattle Mariners (+5 run differential)
21-21 Toronto Blue Jays (-5 run differential)
21-21 Oakland Athletics (-13 run differential)
18-20 Minnesota Twins (-15 run differential)
19-22 Detroit Tigers (-6 run differential)
18-22 Tampa Bay Rays (-21 run differential)
16-27 Texas Rangers (-62 run differential)
13-28 Baltimore Orioles (-56 run differential)
13-29 Kansas City Royals (-71 run differential)
10-28 Chicago White Sox (-74 run differential)
There are three tiers in the AL wild card MLB standings. The Red Sox, Angels and Mariners are on the top tier, all off to good starts. Treading water in the next tier are five teams from the Blue Jays to the Rays. Then come the true bottom-feeders, all with terrible records and run-differentials that back up their bad records.
MLB Standings Projected finish:
99-63 Boston Red Sox
89-73 Los Angeles Angels
84-78 Toronto Blue Jays
83-79 Seattle Mariners
80-82 Minnesota Twins
80-82 Oakland Athletics
76-86 Tampa Bay Rays
73-89 Texas Rangers
70-92 Baltimore Orioles
70-92 Detroit Tigers
67-95 Kansas City Royals
62-100 Chicago White Sox
Based on the projections, you could hand the first wild card to the Red Sox (or Yankees), then watch the Angels, Blue Jays and Mariners battle it out for the second wild card spot.
Perhaps the Twins or A’s can get hot and join that crowd. The rest of the teams aren’t in the mix, so look for them to put out “for sale” signs in July.