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00:00To the AL, the playoff picture in the American League, live right here on this Tuesday on
00:09the early line on SportsGrid.
00:11All season long, all summer long, all September long, it would seem, Joe and Harry, the most
00:16fascinating battle in terms of playoff positioning in the AL, who's going to win the American
00:22League East?
00:24When the Yankees started to stumble, the Orioles never took advantage.
00:28And that's still where things are for Baltimore.
00:31They trail the Yanks by a game and a half now for that top spot in the American League
00:36East division.
00:37The Yankees winning yesterday, 10-4 at home over Kansas City.
00:40Baltimore getting blown out in Boston by the Red Sox.
00:44The Sox winning 12-3 in the final in Fenway.
00:47So now a game and a half lead for the Yankees atop the American League East.
00:52And a four-game in front of the Guardians for the Yankees for what is the best record
00:57in the AL.
00:59The Yankees a game and a half lead in the American League East.
01:02The Guardians up by three and a half in the American League Central.
01:06And the Astros still a four-game lead in the American League West.
01:11The Mariners not necessarily out of it at this moment, as we are only three games back
01:17for Seattle and Detroit and Boston, who's not on that list of the third and final American
01:24League wildcard spot, as the Twins are on a little bit of a slide right now, riding
01:29a four-game skid.
01:31Yeah, and this is going to be kind of the best of the rest, right?
01:35I mean, the Guardians had such a great first half, Ben.
01:40And we've seen teams do this before, where they've had Philadelphia did it in the National
01:45League here.
01:47They had such successful first half, took advantage of easy schedules.
01:52And they're kind of riding that to the end.
01:53The Guardians have not been good since the All-Star break either here, but you mentioned
01:58it.
01:59The Twins didn't start great.
02:00They seem to have figured it out.
02:02But injuries continue to be a concern there.
02:05The Royals, quite honestly, have been the most consistent team of any of them in that
02:11division, which is kind of laughable.
02:13I think Baltimore, two things have happened.
02:15The injuries with the pitching staff, and they have somewhere along the line morphed
02:20into a home run or bust type team that never wins in the postseason.
02:26And I think that very young, very inexperienced, Baltimore is going to be around over the next
02:31couple of years, like it or not.
02:33But this year, I think it's the Yankees to lose the American League East as well as the
02:39American League pennant.