When the second half of the season starts we already know which teams are in the battle, which are building for the next season and which are simply hopeless. The Wildcard battle is a fun race from July, August and until September.
When the second half of the season starts we already know which teams are in the battle, which are building for the next season and which are simply hopeless. The Wildcard battle is a fun race from July, August and until September.
The American League has several teams in the race, but perhaps only five of them can actually hope to get the last tickets.Β Los Angeles and Toronto seemed to have the best rosters of the teams fighting for these spots, but you canβt count out the new project of the Seattle Mariners or even what the Kansas City Royals are trying to do.
βAll of our success in this organization is tied together,β Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. βWeβve fought through some challenging times in the past. Weβll do it again. Together.
βWeβre certainly not playing our best baseball. We havenβt played very good, truthfully, since July.β
Los Angeles is +125 to win a spot in the Wildcard, same goes for Toronto; however, Seattle looks like a good bet with +175 odds.
Kansas City is a long shot at +375, but if they managed to get things back in order, they might have a fair shot.
βItβs been frustrating,β Moore added. βBut I look at myself. Iβm accountable for this. I look at what I can do. Iβm not blaming anybody else. Iβve got to look internally at myself and what I can do, how I can contribute.β