August has at last fully come and gone. So even though October will have a few more regular season games than it normally does (due to the owners’ lockout delaying the season), the beginning of September always carries its own gravitas. It’s as good a time as any to reacquaint yourself with the current MLB standings — if you haven’t been doing so through our series already, of course.
The American League’s leading teams will be chronicled daily as we run through the remainder of 2022. We don’t need to relive the Yankees’ misery, so let’s get to it.