With a current slate on the horizon, we look in direction of the potential darkish horses making a run in late fall, and the large market teams trying to reside as much as expectations. We find yourself within the NL West, the place the Rockies had an actual likelihood to cut into the Dodgers’ division lead this previous weekend, and giving the Dodgers all of the issues that that they had. Sadly the Dodgers accomplished every recreation with a stroll-off home run from a definite rookie in all three video video games. That is a intestine punch to a crew that acquired good pitching from a struggling staff. This division appears all nevertheless wrapped up barring a monumental collapse.
Standings: Second in Nationwide League Central, path first-place Cardinals by 2 video games. Second in NL Wild Card standings, path first-place Nationals by 4 video games. Passan: Three. Dodgers, Yankees, Astros. …
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There’s still a month and a half remaining in the 2019 MLB season, however the No.1 seed in the National League has nearly been locked up. The Los Angele Dodgers (eighty one-41) are tied with the New York Yankees (eighty one-forty one) for the very best document in baseball, giving them a large lead atop the NL standings. Olney:Four. Dodgers, Yankees, Astros, Twins. The top-heavy (and bottom-heavy) nature of Main League Baseball continues. Should the Cards fall, though, Milwaukee merely wants a win over Colorado to pressure a playoff sport. That tiebreaker would be performed Monday in St. Louis. In any other case, the Brewers will journey to Washington for the NL wild-card recreation Tuesday.