2015 MLB Magic Number Thread

[Caged Great]

I figured that with the Jays in an actual playoff race that I'd write up the magic # thread.



The Jays have clinched at least home field in the Wild Card

The Division is a combination of 5 wins and Yankees losses.

1st overall is simply a equal or better record than Kansas in the next 8 days.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

And if I'm reading this right: Their magic number to clinch the division over the Yankees is 23?

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan

And if I'm reading this right: Their magic number to clinch the division over the Yankees is 23?

Yes technically, but also no because if the Yanks win all 7 games we won't win the division. If the Jays go 3-4 vs them and we both win every other game, we'll be tied. It's fun....

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[getbak]

Well, Saturday worked out well for the Jays. Huge to knock 6 games off the magic number in two days.

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[Caged Great]

Magic # is down to 10.

[bomber317]

17 games left for the Blue Jays and the Yankees.

4 more games for the Blue Jays until they meet up with the Yankees.
3 more games for the Yankees until they meet up with the Blue Jays.

would be awesome if the Blue jays won all 4 (Braves,Boston x3), yankess lose all 3 (against Mets), and then Blue Jays take 2 out of 3 at home to bring the division magic number down to 6.

[Caged Great]

[Resolute 14]

Pretty basic objective for this week: Take two out of three against both Boston and New York. Reduce magic number vs the Yankees to 8 (or less) with 11 games remaining.

[Enoch Root]

They finish with 7 tough road games (4 in Balt and 3 in TB).

They really need something like 7-2 on this home stand to give them a comfortable buffer for that final week. 6-3 at a bare minimum.

And considering the schedule, catching KC will be extremely difficult.

[Resolute 14]

Neither the Orioles or Rays are particularly tough. It's only a question of whether they play loose and relish the role of spoilers, or whether they just want to get the season over with and go home.

[Caged Great]

[Caged Great]

For some reason I was busy this weekend. Here's the update.

[Dan02]

Pretty boring playoff races in the MLB this year. Really only one of the wildcard spots is even in play and just barely too.

[Enoch Root]

This is a bit complicated, but here's the scenario for tonight:

IF the Jays win...

If Texas loses, it becomes impossible for all three of Tex, Hou and LA to pass the Jays because they all play each other a lot (9 total games). Therefore, there can only be one WC team from the West in front of Tor.

That means a team from the Central would have to pass them. But Min and Cle play each other 7 times, starting tonight. So only one of them can catch Tor. Cle would have to run the table to tie Tor (assuming Tor lost every game the rest of the way).

So, if TO wins tonight and Tex loses, the Jays would be one loss from Min, or one win for the Jays away from at least a playoff tiebreaker.

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[Enoch Root]

Jays can clinch Friday!

If the jays win and Minny loses, the Jays are in the playoffs!

(even though LAA is still mathematically alive, they play both Hou and Tex still and since they all play each other, it is impossible for all 3 of them to finish ahead of the Jays)