MLB teams enter September jockeying for postseason division and wild-card positions

Major League Baseball enters its final month of the regular season with division races largely settled, with the exception of the American League West. While the Tampa Bay Rays, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers maintain division leads, the wild-card standings remain tightly contested. In the American League, seven clubs remain in pursuit of the final spots behind the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The National League race is similarly congested, where the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies hold steady, but the third and final wild-card position frequently shifts between teams including the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. Teams are now beginning a critical stretch run as the calendar shifts to September to determine the final postseason field.

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