How the AL West could make ugly MLB history as the Astros and Rangers' playoff race whimpers to the end
- AL West: 36 events in the last 90 days
- Previous: earlier the same day · MLB tiebreakers for NL wild card, AL Central and AL West divisions
What happened
No sub-.500 team has ever made the playoffs, even out of a wild-card spot; this year, one could win the division
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below