The Official Los Angeles Angels 2017 Wild Card Tracker

[nando714]

Twins got the padres after the kc series. We have Houston

lol gonna take some really bad baseball for the twins to lose wc#2

[tdawg87]

The Angels' WC hopes are not looking good right now.

They aren't helping their own cause, either.

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

What made the Twins so much better than their sad sack team a year ago?   Young lineup maturing?

@Don's Joe Mauer tattoo.

[totdprods]

10 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

The Angels' WC hopes are not looking good right now.

They aren't helping their own cause, either.

They're still in good shape. New York has a tough schedule. Chances are just as good that the Twins regress a bit as their chances are of staying this hot. Angels are only 2 back still. 

The Rays and Royals are just barely hanging in there and are a tough series or two away from becoming irrelevant. Baltimore doesn't have the pitching or schedule to stay in this. 

Texas and Seattle are a challenge. We have enough head-to-head games remaining with both to switch places in the standings. They really need to play these teams well.

[m0nkey]

Texas looks like it just lost Carlos Gomez 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

9/9/17

Yankees 3-1 in 9th over Texas

Indians win 17th straight

Orioles lose

[totdprods]

15 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

9/9/17

Yankees 3-1 in 9th over Texas

Indians win 17th straight

Orioles lose

I hope the Indians win every single game until they get to Anaheim at this point. By that point they'll be bound to lose a couple, right?

Texas choking kinda sucks but not still helps Halos with some breathing room.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Yankees win
Texas lose

Indians win 17th straight
Orioles lose

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

48 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Texas choking kinda sucks but not still helps Halos with some breathing room.

Yea Texas is breathing down our necks, the more space between them and us the better. The Yankees will be playing a lot teams in the East and Central Divisions soon and we can hope they lose to the teams farthest behind us.

[tdawg87]

A Twins loss (lol) and an Angels win and we're basically back where we were before yesterday.

[Stradling]

DBacksWin is probably losing their shit right now.  Luevello left crooked hat in to allow six runs in the ninth to lose 8-7.  

[arch stanton]

Bartolo getting smacked around early. Can Vargas protect the lead?

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

3 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Bartolo getting smacked around early. Can Vargas protect the lead?

Colon knocked out with 2 outs in 2nd down 5-1.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

KC 6-1 over Twins after 2

[Jwhitt33]

14 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

KC 6-1 over Twins after 2

They are gonna have to lose and lose often way we are going.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Twins load the bases with 1 out in 5th and fail to score. 6-1 KC

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Twins load the bases with 1 out in 5th and fail to score. 6-1 KC

I see the Minnesota Angels are struggling today 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

11 minutes ago, Lou said:

I see the Minnesota Angels are struggling today 

Pray for rain in KC and end this game now.

[arch stanton]

Yankees opening up a lead on the Rangers 5-1 in the 4th

[Angel Oracle]

Does anyone want the 2nd WC?

The Skanks are doing what they need to do for the 1st WC spot.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

[Stradling]

Why are any of us surprised that none of these teams are running away with it?  There is a reason this season we have so many teams fighting for the last playoff spot.  It is because most of these teams are within a couple of games of being .500.  So these teams are winning a few then losing a couple.  If they were capable of sustained success there wouldn't be a race to be in. 

[totdprods]

Mariners (71-72, 3 GB) and Rangers (71-71, 2.5 GB) start a four game series tonight in Texas. 
Here's hoping for an even split to keep both teams as far back as possible. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4 hours ago, Stradling said:

Why are any of us surprised that none of these teams are running away with it?  There is a reason this season we have so many teams fighting for the last playoff spot.  It is because most of these teams are within a couple of games of being .500.  So these teams are winning a few then losing a couple.  If they were capable of sustained success there wouldn't be a race to be in. 

Same could be said about all 8 teams still left in the wild race.

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Same could be said about all 8 teams still left in the wild race.

Skanks are a decent distance in front of the Twins and Halos.