Overview
- Cleveland has cut Detroit’s AL Central lead to one game after a 10-game win streak and hosts a three-game series starting Tuesday, where one Guardians win would secure the tiebreaker and a Tigers sweep would flip it.
- The Mets fell behind the Reds for the final NL Wild Card after losing two of three to the Nationals; both sit at 80-76, with Cincinnati holding the season-series edge and Arizona one game back.
- Seattle now leads the AL West by three games over Houston and owns the tiebreaker after a weekend sweep, while the Dodgers hold a three-game NL West lead and the tiebreaker over San Diego.
- Clinched statuses include the Brewers (NL Central), Phillies (NL East), Blue Jays (AL berth), Cubs (NL berth) and Dodgers (postseason), with several AL spots still unsettled entering Monday.
- If the season ended today, USA TODAY’s bracket shows byes for the Blue Jays and Mariners in the AL and the Brewers and Phillies in the NL, with Astros–Tigers, Red Sox–Yankees, Reds–Dodgers and Padres–Cubs as the Wild Card series.