Overview

• After Sunday’s games, Toronto sits at 82-61 with a two-game lead over New York in the AL East.
• Detroit holds an 8.5-game cushion in the AL Central and opens a series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.
• Houston leads the AL West at 78-66, 2.5 games in front of Seattle, which occupies the third wild-card spot.
• The AL wild-card chase remains congested, with Texas, Cleveland, Kansas City and Tampa Bay all within four games of Seattle.
• Under the rule granting byes to the two best division winners, current records place Toronto and Detroit in those slots, while ZiPS projects the Yankees’ playoff odds at about 99.5 percent.