At the time of this writing (lunchtime on August 30th), with 29 games to go in the 2018 season, the standings looked like this:
Your Tampa Bay Rays sat on the outside looking in, 8.5 games out of the second wild card, with two teams to climb over. That’s...a tall order.
As a reminder, here is what the standings looked like on this date in 2011.
| Team | W | L | W-L% | GB | RS | RA | pythW-L% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | W-L% | GB | RS | RA | pythW-L% |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 52 | 0. |