Tampa Bay Rays: First Place Clinch
Tampa Bay must win at least 26 more games (105 total) to clinch first place.
Here is a scenario in which Tampa Bay wins 104 games total but does not necessarily clinch first place.
In this scenario Tampa Bay finishes tied at 104 wins with 1 team. Head-to-head:
- NY Yankees: Tampa Bay loses the season series 6-7, so NY Yankees hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Final standings for this scenario
| Team | Wins | Losses | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 104 | 58 | 0.642 | 0 |
| TB | 104 | 58 | 0.642 | 0 |
| BAL | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 23 |
| BOS | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 24 |
| TOR | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 31 |
Current standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | GL | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa BayTB | 79 | 54 | 29 | 0.594 | 0 |
| NY YankeesNYY | 75 | 58 | 29 | 0.564 | 4 |
| BostonBOS | 73 | 60 | 29 | 0.549 | 6 |
| BaltimoreBAL | 65 | 69 | 28 | 0.485 | 14.5 |
| TorontoTOR | 65 | 70 | 27 | 0.481 | 15 |
How the remaining games play out
Each page shows one team's remaining series in this scenario. Green: they win the season series. Red: they lose it. Gray: the series ends tied. The tiebreak verdicts are in the blocks above, and this opens on Tampa Bay, where the rivals those notes name are outlined.
| Team | Current Wins | Current Losses | Scenario Wins | Scenario Losses | Scenario Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8-5 |
| NYY | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2-11 |
| TB | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 |
| TOR | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7-6 |
| BAL | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5-8 |
| NYY | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5-8 |
| TB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5-8 |
| TOR | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4-9 |
| BAL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11-2 |
| BOS | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8-5 |
| TB | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7-6 |
| TOR | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 |
| BAL | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 |
| BOS | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8-5 |
| NYY | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6-7 |
| TOR | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9-4 |
| BAL | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6-7 |
| BOS | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9-4 |
| NYY | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6-7 |
| TB | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4-9 |
| Team | Current Wins | Current Losses | Scenario Wins | Scenario Losses | Scenario Results |
Full head-to-head summary for this scenario
Final season series between every pair in this scenario, colored for the row team: green won the series, red lost it, gray tied it. Who wins a tied series is a tiebreaker question, answered in the head-to-head notes above. Tampa Bay's row and column are highlighted, and cells in that row are outlined where a note names the pair: solid where the series settled the tie, dashed where it did not.
American League East
| Team | TB | NYY | BOS | BAL | TOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | - | 6 - 7 | 8 - 5 | 5 - 8 | 9 - 4 |
| NYY | 7 - 6 | - | 8 - 5 | 11 - 2 | 7 - 6 |
| BOS | 5 - 8 | 5 - 8 | - | 5 - 8 | 4 - 9 |
| BAL | 8 - 5 | 2 - 11 | 8 - 5 | - | 7 - 6 |
| TOR | 4 - 9 | 6 - 7 | 9 - 4 | 6 - 7 | - |