The Official Magic Number Thread

[Captain 97]

What is a magic number in baseball?
A magic number represents the required number of wins a team needs (or the same combination of losses by its present competitor) to achieve the title or the next playoff spot. Every time a team wins, its magic number drops by one, every time the competition loses the magic number also drops by one. When the magic number against a team reaches zero that team is mathematically eliminated.

[Captain 97]

34 games to go for the M's most teams have 35 or 36 remaining.
M's magic numbers to eliminate each team....

Oakland 12
Detroit 15
Kansas City 16
California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Orange County 20
Texas 24
Boston 26
Chicago 28
Minnesota 32
Baltimore 33
Cleveland 34*
Toronto 35
Tampa Bay 36

Cleveland is the division leader and will only be in play for the wildcard if caught for the division lead.

[Juliooooo]

34 games to go for the M's most teams have 35 or 36 remaining.
M's magic numbers to eliminate each team....

Oakland 12
Detroit 15
Kansas City 16
California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Orange County 20
Texas 24
Boston 26
Chicago 28
Minnesota 32
Baltimore 33
Cleveland 34*
Toronto 35
Tampa Bay 36

Cleveland is the division leader and will only be in play for the wildcard if caught for the division lead.

Not really worried about the Central Division. Mostly worried about TB, Toronto and Orioles being ahead, but the Orioles and Blue Jays play each other about 10 times I think.

[Captain 97]

33 games to go for the M's
M's magic numbers to eliminate each team....

Oakland 11
Detroit 13
Kansas City 15
California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Orange County 18
Texas 22
Boston 24
Chicago 26
Minnesota 31
Baltimore 31
Cleveland 33*
Toronto 34
Tampa Bay 35

*Cleveland is the division leader and will only be in play for the wildcard if caught for the division lead.

[Captain 97]

32 games to go for the M's
M's magic numbers to eliminate each team....

Oakland 9
Detroit 11
Kansas City 13
California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Orange County 17
Texas 20
Boston 23
Chicago 25
Minnesota 29
Baltimore 30
Cleveland 31*
Toronto 32
Tampa Bay 34

*Cleveland is the division leader and will only be in play for the wildcard if caught for the division lead.

[Captain 97]

31 games to go for the M's
M's magic numbers to eliminate each team....

Oakland 7
Detroit 9
Kansas City 11
California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Orange County 16
Texas 18
Boston 22
Chicago 24
Minnesota 28
Baltimore 29
Cleveland 29*
Toronto 31
Tampa Bay 33

*Cleveland is the division leader and will only be in play for the wildcard if caught for the division lead.

[Captain 97]

30 games to go for the M's
M's magic numbers to eliminate each team....

Oakland 5
Detroit 8
Kansas City 9
California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Orange County 14
Texas 16
Boston 21
Chicago 23
Minnesota 26
Baltimore 28
Cleveland 27*
Toronto 30
Tampa Bay 32

*Cleveland is the division leader and will only be in play for the wildcard if caught for the division lead.

[Michael K.]

We are one of three teams 8 and 2 in our last 10. Wouldn’t you know the other two would be Houston and Tampa!?

[Pharmabro]

We are one of three teams 8 and 2 in our last 10. Wouldn’t you know the other two would be Houston and Tampa!?

Yes, I saw this and as a result TB is with-in 5 of the Yanks and we are still 11 back from Houston. NYC once had the top spot

[bpj]

With our starting pitching and the lineup coming together, with this bullpen, I think they could finish the season winning 24 of the final 30 and go into the playoffs as a team to beat.