The Kansas City Royals are a stone-cold lock to win the American League Central, but the rest of baseball's division and wild-card races are still far from determined.
As Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times noted, while the Royals have claimed a 12-game edge in the AL Central, the other five division front-runners have a combined lead of 11.5 games. Simply put, there's a lot left to be decided between now and the end of the season.
Here are the main factors that were taken into consideration in the process of predicting which 10 teams will make it to October:
- Recent performance
- Injuries
- Trade additions
- Remaining schedule
The end results were favorable for last year's defending world champs. But the predictions didn't work out so well for a couple of clubs that entered the season with big-time expectations and are currently stuck in second place in their respective divisions.
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