I guess we can pretend to care about the Silver Boot since the wild card race has turned into ‘will the Rangers even finish ahead of the A’s?’ But then again the only way the Rangers can win the Silver boot is if they sweep since they have a 7-9 record for the season.
Rangers could play spoiler by sweeping the Astros as well since Houston is fighting for home-field advantage in the ALCS and they’re currently 2.5 back of Cleveland for the best record in the AL.
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