A few playoff teams are already decided: the Yankees, the Astros, the Dodgers, and our Atlanta Braves.
The Minnesota Twins haven’t clinched… but they will. Their schedule is loaded with the Royals and Tigers to finish the entire last week. They really can’t possibly blow this.
As it is, Major League Baseball is probably thrilled that this group of confirmed playoff entrants can be counted on less than 1 hand given that we do only have 10 days remaining in the regular season.
Their goal, of course, is to have more teams playing “meaningful baseball” for as long as possible.