(Then again, they’re gonna have to send MLB a muffin basket for the seven-inning doubleheader thing. It’s not a brutally tough schedule in terms of opponents, but it remains very difficult in terms of game volume and no off-days. Magic numbers are for teams who can control their own destiny no matter what happens elsewhere. And then, if necessary, they have to play the Tigers in a doubleheader the day after the regular season concludes. Their magic number to make the playoffs is now eight. So the next tiebreaker is the intradivision record, and that’s going to depend on how the two teams play over the final week.)Īlso, a reminder of the Cardinals’ remaining games: they get the Royals for three, yes, but then they have five in four days against the Brewers (who are still fighting for second in the division AND/OR a Wild Card spot). ( If you’re starting to wonder about tiebreakers for the division, it’s head-to-head as the first tiebreaker, but the Cubs and Cardinals finished 5-5 against each other. Here are the magic numbers, remaining schedules and tiebreakers for teams contending for spots in the expanded 2020 MLB playoffs, plus a look at who would be playing whom if the Wild Card Series. So, even if the Cardinals do the very unlikely thing, the Cubs also have to do a very unlikely thing to get passed up. Well I have good news! The Cubs would have to go 2-5 over their last seven to get passed by the Cardinals in that scenario, and four of those seven games come against the Pirates. They were in first place 95 days compared to 87 for the Cardinals to this point. If you want to let yourself get REALL nervous, you start thinking about how the Cardinals are a mere two games back in the loss column, and what if they persevere through the brutal schedule to go 8-2 in their final 10 games? Updated Magic Numbers will appear with gray background, and a green number if the team has won (or is winning) the season tiebreaker, or a red number if the team has lost (or is losing) the season tiebreaker.
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