As Orioles fans, our eyes are focused on the AL East as our team tries to stay ahead of the Rays as the season enters its final three weeks. It’s exciting and scary and feels like one bad stretch of baseball could knock the Orioles out of the division lead.
But for an outsider, the biggest excitement in the American League is in the AL West and the wild card race. In the last week, the Astros have moved alone to the top of the west and the Blue Jays hopped over the Rangers for the final Wild Card spot.