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00:00Pretty clear and cut in terms of what we have in the American
00:07League. The Yankees finally clinching that American League
00:10East. Yesterday, they have a game advantage over the
00:14Cleveland Guardians for what is the top spot in the National
00:18League. Is there still more to play for there? Both of those
00:21top two teams, New York and Cleveland, have already earned
00:25that opening round by in front of the Houston Astros. The
00:29Mariners were eliminated yesterday and Joe, we thought
00:32this final weekend would be insane in terms of the American
00:35League playoff picture. Could the Royals stop the bleeding?
00:38Could the Twins end their slide and would the Tigers just keep
00:41on winning games? Well, before we even get to the weekend, we
00:45know the Twins continue to struggle. They lost a series
00:49against Miami at home in the midweek. Unfathomable. Frankly,
00:54they've lost thirteen of their last nineteen. They are one
00:56loss away from being eliminated. They are one win
01:00away from either the Royals or the Tigers or the Royals and
01:04the Tigers from making it out or those two teams clinching an
01:08American League playoff berth and the Twins already planning
01:11out their winter vacations. So, here is what we have left
01:16standing this weekend. The O's go to Minneapolis against the
01:22Twins. Again, Baltimore pretty set. They're going to be the
01:25top seed in the American League wild card. They don't need a
01:28ton. Do they want to play better baseball as their sub
01:31500 in September and since the all-star break, you would say,
01:34yeah, build that momentum but outside of what they need
01:37postseason-wise, not a ton there. We talked about the
01:41Royals and the Braves. KC rode underdog tonight in Atlanta.
01:45Both teams need some wins here in this final weekend. The
01:48Tigers get the White Sox. Chicago doing everything they
01:51can, Joe, to avoid loss 121 to not become the worst team in
01:56modern history in major league baseball. The Yankees host the
02:00Pirates. The Guardians host the Astros still. Some
02:04postseason positioning to determine they are at the top.
02:08Yeah, I mean, let's face it. It's all but over here, Ben
02:11because I mean, the Twins would need to sweep the Orioles and
02:14then have either Kansas City or Detroit lose all three of their
02:19remaining games to have even a shot at the wild card. So, you
02:23know, the the drama might come to a close here as we head into
02:27the weekend where, you know, let's say the Twins lose here
02:30tonight and the Royals and Tigers win. It's it's ball game
02:33over and then at that point, Ben, it's going to make Saturday
02:35and Sunday very lackluster as far as drama and motivation for
02:41those teams but if by some miracle that the White Sox can
02:48continue their winning streak, they only need one of those
02:51teams to actually lose Kansas City and Detroit but they have
02:54to handle business. So, this will I think as far as drama
02:58goes maybe be the biggest night in the American League over the
03:01next three days and it starts with the Twins here tonight
03:06handling business against Baltimore who to your point has
03:09really not a whole heck of a lot going on here to prove.