The field shifts to an elimination phase as some teams officially fall out of playoff contention, while the Dodgers move toward a triple digit win count and the Yankees extend their division lead.
There are a mere three-and-a-half weeks remaining in the 2022 regular season, which means that we’ve entered magic number territory. And with the mathematical elimination of the Nationals last week—the first team to be officially out of postseason contention, who have since been joined by the A’s, Tigers and Pirates—we thought it was time for the fine folks over at SI’s Power Rankings HQ to adopt a similar theme.