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Originally Posted by Antithesis
My understanding is that 91-71 would be 20 more wins than losses, not 20 above .500.
At the end of the season, 81-81 would be .500, so, 15-20 wins above .500 would be 96-101 wins.
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I see it as 88-74 is 14 games above .500, 91-71 is 20 . in that you won 14-20 more games thatn you lost. .500 isn't based on your record relative to 81 wins, it's based on the percentage of wins you have out of your total number of games played. Any team in the American League that wins 96 games this year will easily make the playoffs. Even the Bo-Sox don't look like they'll win that many games this year, 91 would probably be enough to get the Wild Card. Unless something changes it might only take like a 87-75 record to get the AL Wild Card this year.