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The gap between 4th place and 8th place in the AL has compressed to 2.5 games. I'd guess it was 4 or 5 games a week ago. It seems likely that the 4 East teams will lose enough games playing each other over the next 3 weeks that only 2 of them will make the playoffs. That would leave the 2 top non-East teams, Tigers and Mariners, with 1 wild-card spot to contend for.