With the Astros beating the A's 5-1 yesterday, the Twins beating the Angels and the Mariners beating the Rangers, Houston picked up a game on everybody. So the situation is:
Rangers: -
Astros: -1.5
Angels: -4
Twins: -4
FanGraphs gives the Astros a 32.6% chance of winning the division and a 79.4% chance of making the postseason.
*Dallas Morning News' Kevin Sherrington:
Now that the Rangers don't have the Astros to kick around anymore - at least not until next week - it's time they lived up to their first-place billing in the West.