Overview

• Milwaukee and Philadelphia hold sizable division leads and are projected to secure National League berths soon, with the Brewers owning the best record.
• Seattle and Houston enter the weekend tied atop the AL West, with Texas two games back and pivotal head-to-head series on deck.
• Toronto leads the AL East by three games over the Yankees and 3.5 over the Red Sox as New York and Boston open a three-game set at Fenway Park.
• The Dodgers lead the Padres by 2.5 games in the NL West, while the Mets hold the final NL wild-card spot with the Giants and Reds 1.5 games behind.
• The postseason begins Sept. 30 under a 12-team format with best-of-three Wild Card Series and a fixed bracket without re-seeding, and Caesars lists the Dodgers as the current World Series favorite.