An exciting part of September baseball is watching teams clinch their berths in the postseason and seeing the stories of the playoffs begin to form throughout the month.
But for cynical people who enjoy watching fan bases suffer and franchises fall short of their goals, there are also the teams that won’t make it to the postseason at all. More and more of which are revealing themselves as days pass on the final march to October.
Teams approach their Elimination Number and when they pass it, they’re out. It’s that simple (yay math!). You can track that all for yourself here.