While the Kansas City Royals have crushed the competition in the American League Central, there's still a lot left to be decided in the other five division battles and the two wild-card chases.
Aside from the Royals, no division leader has more than a 6.5-game edge, and the AL wild-card picture, in particular, remains especially murky. In the process of setting 2015 MLB playoff odds, four primary factors were taken into consideration:
- The current standings
- Recent play
- The injury situation of each club
- The remaining schedule
The idea here was to focus on teams that have a realistic shot at making it to October. As a result, certain clubs have been labelled "non-contenders" and haven't been given postseason odds. Even though none of those clubs have been mathematically eliminated from the race just yet, they have all either long-since toppled out of the playoff conversation or sold off top players before the trade deadline.
Of course, there are also plenty of teams at the opposite end of the spectrum who are in great shape as the postseason looms. One squad that significantly boosted its playoff chances this week was the Los Angeles Dodgers. And a lot of the credit for that goes to Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw.
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