With the Rays one game above .500, following a roller coaster first half of the season, what are the team’s odds for making the playoffs in 2018?
The Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, and Astros are great teams that were expected to be the class of the league. They have ran away with the league and the only remaining expected playoff spot is currently being held by the Mariners.
Despite sitting at 54-31 the Mariners have a run differential of +22 that would expect them to be 45-40 based on pythagorean winning percentage. The Mariners are the team likely to get the second wild card, because banked wins matter.