One more week in the regular season, both Botball and regular....

First, let's do Botball...

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AL: 

• Yankees (96-59) 7 up on the Rays (89-66) Yankees Magic for the division is 1 YANKEES CLINCH PLAYOFFS 
• Twins have clinched all they can (AL Central, #1 AL Seed) 
• Indians (96-60) 7 up on the White Sox (89-67) Rays now 1/2 game ahead for 2nd WC. INDIANS CLINCH WILDCARD AND HOSTING IT. 
• A's (90-66), 2 1/2 up on the Astros (87-68). Astros 2 back of the Rays for 2nd WC 
• WC: Rays at Indians -- White Sox 1/2 out, Astros 2 out. 

NL: 

• Nationals (96-59) TIED WITH Braves (96-59) THE LOSER OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST HOSTS THE NL WILDCARD GAME. 
• Cubs (94-63) 5 up on the Reds (88-67) Cubs Magic for the division is 2. 
• Dodgers (91-65), 2 1/2 up on the D-Backs (89-68) Dodgers Magic for the division is 4. 
• WC: Reds/D-Backs at Braves/Nationals, Braves 7 up on the Reds to host, D-Backs TIED WITH the Reds for #2 WC NL.

Playoff implications:

• Cubs Magic for the division is 2. Magic for the Playoffs is still 1.
• Yankees Magic for Division is 1. 

IN:

1. Twins (AL Central, AL #1) 
2. Nationals and 
3. Braves (at least WC, one has to win NL East, the other will host the NL WC Game)
   
4. Indians (Will host AL WC game) 
5. Yankees (at least WC) 

Remaining Races: 

• AL West: A's 2 1/2 up on Astros 
• AL WC #2: Rays 1/2 over the White Sox, 2 over the Astros. 
• NL East now tied Nationals/Braves, both teams in the playoffs though. 
• NL West: Dodgers 2 1/2 up on D-Backs 
• NL WC: Reds and D-Backs tied.

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And now for real-life: 

• AL East:  TB (35-19), 3 1/2 over the Yankees (31-22).  They are both IN.  3rd is Toronto at 27-26.
• AL Central:  White Sox are 34-19, Twins are 2 back at 33-22.  THEY are both IN.  3rd is Cleveland at 29-14
• AL West:  Oakland is 33-20 and IN.  6 back to Houston at 27-26.  3rd is Seattle at 23-30.

Magic numbers to join in:  Cleveland:  2  Toronto and Houston 4 each.

1. Tampa Bay
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Oakland
4. Minnesota
5. New York Yankees
6. Houston
7. Cleveland
8. Toronto

Toronto at Tampa Bay, Cleveland at the White Sox, Houston at Oakland, Yankees at Minnesota

• NL East:  Atlanta (31-22) 3 up on Miami (28-25), 4 up on Philadelphia (27-26), 7 up on the Mets (24-29)  No one has clinched anything in this division.
• NL Central:  Chicago Cubs (31-22), 3 1/2 up on St. Louis (26-24), 4.5 up on Cincinnati (27-27) and the Brewers (26-26)   No one has clinched anything here either!
• NL West:  LA Dodgers (38-14), 4 up on the Padres (34-20) -- they are both IN.  3rd is San Francisco at 26-26.

We have three tiebreakers to handle.  

• First, we have to resolve Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee for 3rd in the NL Central.  The two teams are 4-4 with a hyper-critical 3-game series in Cincy starting Monday.  But Cincinnati is 19-18 vs. the NL Central, Milwaukee is 16-16.  So this means Cincinnati, right now, has the 3rd spot in the NL Central.
• Now, Cincinnati vs. San Francisco.San Francisco is 15-17 against the NL West, so not only does Cincinnati win the 2nd 3rd place spot, San Francisco falls below Milwaukee in the ranking thereto as well.
• Now you break Chicago and Atlanta for the #2 and #3 seeds.  Both teams are 21-15 in their division.  So the tiebreaker then becomes the records in the last 20 division games between the two teams, and, according to MLB.com, the Cubs currently have that tiebreaker.
  

1. LA Dodgers 
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Atlanta
4. San Diego
5. Miami
6. St. Louis
7. Philadelphia
8. Cincinnati

Cincinnati at LA, Philadelphia at Cubs, St. Louis at Atlanta, Miami at San Diego