There was a point in September when the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics could have constituted a dream American League Championship Series matchup.
After the White Sox plummeted down the AL Central standings in the final week of the regular season, the two franchises will face each other in the wild-card round.
The White Sox lost seven of their last eight games to drop out of the top two positions in the AL Central and into the first wild-card spot.
Oakland lost two of its final three games to the Seattle Mariners, but its final week results can't be analyzed too much since it had the divisional crown locked up.