Saturday, October 10, 2009

Ten games to play...

Here's the playoff picture with ten games left to play. If the winner of a tiebreaker has already been determined it has been factored into the magic number calculation.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Salt Lake City:
Clinched NL West
Magic number for bye: 4
Magic number for top seed: 9

Fargo:
Clinched NL North
Magic number for 2nd seed: 6

Houston:
Clinched NL South
Magic number for 3rd seed: 8

Atlanta:
Magic number to clinch NL East: 7

Trenton:
Magic number to clinch 5th seed: 5
Magic number to clinch playoff spot: 3

Austin:
Magic number to clinch playoff spot: 9


Also alive: New Orleans (5,6), Cheyenne (6), Washington (6)
Eliminated from contention: Salem, Vancouver, Toronto, Chicago, Norfolk, Philadelphia, San Juan.


AMERICAN LEAGUE

Seattle:
Clinched AL West
Clinched 1st round bye
Magic number to clinch #1 seed: 1

Jackson:
Clinched playoff spot
Magic number to clinch AL South and #2 seed: 5

St. Louis:
Magic number to clinch AL North: 7

Louisville:
Magic number to clinch AL East: 7

Oklahoma City:
Magic number to clinch #5 spot: 9
Magic number to clinch playoff spot: 4

Monterrey:
Magic number to clinch playoff spot: 5


Also alive: Helena (5, 6), Milwaukee (3, 4, 5, 6), New York (3, 4), Anaheim (6)
Eliminated from contention: Boise, Buffalo, Scranton, Boston, Syracuse, Charlotte

Note: Although Anaheim and Boise have the same record, Anaheim holds the tiebreaker over 6th place Monterrey, whereas Boise does not. Therefore, Anaheim remains alive (one loss or one Monterrey wins eliminates them), while Boise is already out.

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