The Tampa Bay Rays had a series they would like to forget in being swept by the Houston Astros. Fortunately when it comes to the playoff situation nothing has really changed. The Rays hold the second wild card and FanGraphs gives them a 97.3% of making the playoffs.
The Toronto Blue Jays hold a 2.0 game lead over the Rays and 2.5 game lead over the Seattle Mariners. The Baltimore Orioles are trailing by 4.0 games (6.0 games behind the Rays) and the Chicago White Sox trail by 5.5 games (7.5 games behind the Rays).
So while the Rays have struggled to collect wins over the last two weeks the Orioles and White Sox haven’t been able to take advantage of the opening created by the Rays and Mariners.