MLB Power Rankings: How August Reshaped the Playoff Picture

Welcome back to SI’s MLB Power Rankings. The final full month of the regular season is almost upon us… so for this edition of the list, we’ll be spotlighting the teams whose playoff chances changed the most in August, for good or for bad, using the odds over at FanGraphs. (If you missed last week’s edition, catch up here.) To the list!

Remember the halcyon days of late July, when San Francisco’s hot streak had turned the club from a sure seller into a center of will-they-or-won’t-they deadline talk? ...Yeah, that now feels quite far away. The Giants’ .400 play in August has taken them from playoff long shot to impossibility. (Okay, not “impossibility.” They still have a chance. An 0.2%…