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Contenders with the easiest – and toughest – remaining schedules
We are at the time of the MLB season in which we’re all looking at the standings every day — multiple times a day, really. We only have a little more than a month left, after all. Every game on the schedule counts the same, but in late August and September, some games certainly feel like they count for more. The standings are the North Star: They track where everyone is going.
But they cannot, in fact, tell us everything. They can’t tell us the second-most important thing to the standings themselves: The schedule. The standings tell us where we’ve been, but they cannot tell us where we are going.
AL Wild Card standings by remaining strength of schedule: Yankees catch break, Rangers in trouble
The American League might not feature many, if any, truly elite teams, but there are a slew of teams in postseason contention. That, frankly, has been the case all season long. Teams like the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays have done a nice job creating some separation, but for the most part, things are very cluttered in the American League.
What could end up deciding the packed AL Wild Card race is the remaining strength of schedule. Yes, the teams vying for postseason spots with easier schedules have to take advantage of the soft spots, but having more games against sub-.500 competition objectively makes their path easier.
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Former Met Blackburn signs with crosstown Yanks for stretch run
NEW YORK — Paul Blackburn didn’t know what to expect heading into a travel-filled week that the veteran right-hander described as “weird.”
Designated for assignment by the Mets on Saturday, Blackburn packed his bags and traveled to his Idaho home, keeping his arm loose while waiting for the phone to ring.
It did — and it was the Yankees, making this a most circuitous method of moving from Queens to the Bronx.
“There’s obviously talent everywhere you look, and they’re in a really good spot for the postseason,” Blackburn said. “I mean, it’s the New York Yankees. That’s cool.”
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