The Seattle Mariners came this close to letting their spot in the American League playoff race slip out of their hands last weekend. Thankfully, an Etsy witch cast a spell that has yielded three straight wins, not to mention much better vibes.
Danger still lurks behind the Mariners in the AL wild card standings, however. They have four teams within 4.5 games of their place in the third wild card spot, and none of them seems interested in letting the Mariners run away with the last ticket into the AL playoff field.
But just how threatening are these four teams?