Plus, how the Blue Jays fared upon return from their road trip while the Braves try to keep it close in the NL East entering September.
We’re just a few days away from September, which means it’s truly Scoreboard Watch season. And while every game technically counts the same at the end of the season, each one also can feel magnified as time starts to run out for teams who’ve taken too long to find their groove this summer.
This week, I’m covering the five teams my power rankings partner Nick Selbe and I have yet to expand upon since we started going in-depth on a quintet of squads after the All-Star break rather than writing about all 30 every week.