The 2021 season is winding down, with only 19 games remaining on the Oakland A’s schedule. Their hopes of reaching the playoffs are slim, especially after dropping their last two contests against a last-place opponent, but it ain’t over till it’s over.
In the AL West division, Oakland trails the Houston Astros by 6.5 games. Mathematically that’s still a possibility for the A’s, but realistically their path to the postseason is a Wild Card.
There are five teams battling for two AL Wild Card spots. The Yankees played early today and lost, so here are the standings entering Monday evening, with everybody except Oakland playing tonight:
| Blue Jays | 80-63 | — |
| Red Sox | 81-64 | — |
| Yankees | 80-64 | 0. |