Counting this weekend, major league teams will each play

Countingthis Allen Craig Jersey weekend,major leagueteams will each play ☎️ series between now and the end of the regular season. While schedule isnt destiny, playoff contenders have varying paths to October, and several non-contenders are in prime position to get in their way and play spoiler.A look at what's ahead:American League EastExpect a three-way fight to the end amongthe Orioles, Blue Jays and Red Sox. The O's remaining schedule appears to be the toughest:Baltimore will play series against four contenders outside the division(Giants, Nationals, Tigers,Astros). The Blue Jays willplay only two such teams (Astros,Indians). The Red Sox will face three (Dodgers, Indians,Tigers).MORE: The Orioles also only have two more shots at the Rays and Yankees. Those non-contenders traded away veterans for prospects at the deadline and will likely feature younger players looking to make an impre sion, particularly after September call-ups. The Red Sox will play the Yankees and Rays three more times each. Same for the Blue Jays.The Blue Jays look to have the easiest schedule of the group,with two series against the Angels, and one each against the Mariners and the Twins. Well, maybe theTwins shouldn't be in that group.Minnesota is ☎️ ☎️ in its last ☎️ games, the second-best record in the American League in that stretch. TheJays and the Tigersare ☎️ ☎️ in their last ☎️ In addition, Toronto will face the Orioles and Red Sox just twice each.The O's and Sox will meetthree more times.Advantage, Blue Jays on paper, but look for the Yankees, Rays and Twins to play spoiler.American League CentralThe Tigers are the league's hottest team right nowdespite losing to the White Sox on Thursday. Detroit started July ☎️ ☎️ 2games behind the division-leading Indians; it hasclosed the gap to three. The Tigers and Indians face each other only two more times this season, so the rest of their schedulescould make the difference.FAGAN: On paper, the Tigers have the softer schedule, with only four series against non-division contenders (Mets, Rangers, Red Sox,Orioles). The Indians play six such series (Nationals, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Rangers, Marlins,Astros).Each team will play the White Sox and Wil Myers Jersey Royals twice. The Indians will see the Twins twice more. The Tigers face the Twins three more times. Could the Twins be the spoiler in this division, too?American League WestThis seemed like a two-team race just a week ago; the Astros had closed the Rangers lead to ☎️ ☎️ 2games on July ☎️ Since then, the Astros have lost sixof their last seven. Entering Friday's action,the Rangers lead over the Astros is ☎️ ☎️ ☎️ The Mariners are eightgames back.Thedivision is the Rangers to lose, then, and their cushy schedule will help. In addition to three series with the Astros, the Rangers play only two series against teams with records well above . ☎️ (Indians,Tigers). They'll close out the season with five consecutive series against teams well below . ☎️ (Athletics twice,Angels, Brewers,Rays).STATS AND MORE: | The Astros, on the other hand, will play four contenders outside their division (Blue Jays, Cardinals, Cubs,Indians).On paper,advantage,Rangers. It's difficultto see a spoiler here.American League wild cardThe league's top seven teams are separated by ☎️ ☎️ ☎️ games(Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Indians, Tigers,Rangers, Astros) for the five playoff spots.The Orioles, Red Sox and Blue Jays could e sentially play to a draw among themselves, allowing the Tigers to move into a better position in the wild card. Or it could all come down to the Twins.National League EastBarring a collapse, the Nationals will win the division. Washington holds a seven-game lead over the Marlins and an eight-game lead over the Mets. New York list Thursday. Those three teams will each play each Joey Lucchesi Jersey other in two more series, so a shake-up in the division is at least po sible.SPECTOR: The schedules are relatively even, with each team having three series left against non-division playoff contenders. All three teams face the Giants (who still somehow lead the National League West despite going ☎️ ☎️ since the All-Star break). After that, its a lot of Phillies and Braves. And just like in the American League East with the Yankees and the Rays, the young players given an opportunity for the Phillies and Braves could make a difference in this race.National League CentralThe Cubs( ☎️ ☎️ ☎️ game lead over the Cardinals)will win this division and the schedule doesnt make a whit of difference.National League WestThis division is a me s. The Giants sped out to the best record in baseball at the break, which gave them a ☎️ ☎️ ☎️ game lead over the Dodgers. Los Angeles lost Clayton Kershaw to a back injury in June and is close to breaking the National League record Carlos Asuaje Jersey for players on the disabled list. But the Giants have been the second-worst team in baseball over the last ☎️ games ( ☎️ ☎️ . Only the Diamondbacks have been worse ( ☎️ ☎️ .And here come the Rockies, who are tied with the Cubs for the best record over last ☎️ gamesat ☎️ ☎️ Colorado will start the weekend eightgames behind the Giants. The Dodgers are in second, twogames back.MORE: Los Angeles has by far the easiest schedule going forward, with only two series against non-division teams playing well above . ☎️ (Cubs,Red Sox). The Giants have four such series (Nationals, Orioles, Cubs,Cardinals) and the Rockies have five (Rangers, Nationals twice, Cubs,Cardinals). Dont expect the Diamondbacks or Padres to much of a spoiler.National League wild cardThis is the race to watch. With the Cubs and Nationals comfortably ahead in their divisions, and the Dodgers and Giants falling over each other to lose the Cal Quantrill Jersey West, the fight for two spots is going to be wild.Los Angeles leads the race heading into Fridays action, with the Marlins and Cardinals tied for the second spot. The Mets, Pirates and Rockies are bunched up behind the top three. Six teams arewithin three games of the wild-card lead, seven if you add in the Giants.The Dodgers have the same schedule advantage here as they do in the NL West. The Cardinals face the toughest task: three more series against the Cubs, plus one series each against the Mets and Giants.The team most likely to play spoiler for the wild card? The Cubs, the team most likely to face the winner of the wild-card game in the NL Division Series.