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Current state of Angels: 64-68, 15 GB
Current state of A’s: 79-53, 0 GB
Current state of Mariners: 74-57, 4.5 GB
Current state of Rays: 70-61, 8.5 GB
The first stretch (until Sept. 17)
The Angels
1 vs. COL (SWEEP), 4 at HOU (SPLIT), 3 at TEX (SWEEP), 3 at CHW (SWEEP), 3 vs. TEX (SWEEP), 4 vs. SEA (3 of 4)
Checkpoint on Sept. 17: 79-71 (6 GB)
What this means: it means a 12-1 record from Sept. 3 through Sept. 16, albeit against cellar-dwellers and Seattle.
The A’s
2 at HOU (SWEPT), 4 vs. SEA (SPLIT), 3 vs. NYY (SWEPT), 3 vs. TEX (2 of 3), 3 at BAL (2 of 3), 3 at TB (SWEPT)
Checkpoint on Sept. 17: 85-65 (0 GB)
What this means: losing to the teams they might actually lose to (and dropping one against Baltimore).
The Mariners
2 at SD (SPLIT), 4 at OAK (SPLIT), 3 vs. BAL (SWEEP), 3 vs. NYY (SWEPT), 2 vs. SD (SWEEP), 4 at LAA (1 of 4)
Checkpoint on Sept. 17: 83-66 (1.5 GB)
What this means: being pretty average (basically Mariners-esque), and dropping one to the Padres, whom the Angels didn’t even lose to.
The Rays
2 at ATL (SPLIT), 3 at CLE (1 of 3), 3 at TOR (SWEEP), 3 vs. BAL (SWEEP), 3 vs. CLE (1 of 3), 3 vs. OAK (SWEEP)
Checkpoint on Sept. 17: 82-66 (2 GB)
What this means: Cleveland keeps up their solid baseball and takes 4 of 6 from the Rays, and Tampa Bay comes together to sweep Oakland.
Basically, if the Angels can somehow get to 6 or so games back of the A’s with 4 series to play, they have a shot (2 of the last 4 series against Oakland).
The rest of the way
The Angels
3 at OAK (SWEEP), 3 at HOU (2 of 3), 3 vs. TEX (SWEEP), 3 vs. OAK (SWEEP)
Final record: 90-72
What this means: Playing out of their minds over the past two weeks against the AL West’s top teams.
The A’s
3 vs. LAA (SWEPT), 3 vs. MIN (SWEEP), 3 at SEA (2 of 3), 3 at LAA (SWEPT)
Final record: 90-72
What this means: Basically if the A’s lose a bunch to the Angels (which is in our control!)
The Mariners
3 at HOU (1 of 3), 3 at TEX (2 of 3), 3 vs. OAK (1 of 3), 4 vs. TEX (SPLIT)
Final record: 89-73
What this means: The Mariners marinered.
The Rays
3 at TEX (2 of 3), 4 at TOR (2 of 4), 4 vs. NYY (1 of 4), 3 vs. TOR (2 of 3)
Final record: 89-73
What this means: Arguably the least important since they face a bunch of AL East teams and are therefore out of the Angels’ control, the Rays could still put up a fight. They have won 8 straight, after all.
Conclusion
Of course this won’t happen, but what if it did?
Poll
Will this happen?
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