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It's Memorial Day, so you know what that means, MLB fans -- you are officially free to look at the MLB standings!
Among baseball fans, the saying goes that you should avoid checking the standings until Memorial Day, which gives teams time to play enough games through two months to add meaning to what we're seeing happen in every division.
While your team's position in the standings today might not guarantee it will end the season there, there is some truth to the concept: According to Elias Sports Bureau data, 58% of teams (94 of 161) that were in sole possession of first place on the morning of June 1 have gone on to win their division in the wild-card era (since 1995 and excluding 2020).