Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Wondering how the heck four teams competing for two Wild Card spots could break a possible tie between them all at the end of the regular season? That’s what we’re here for.
That’s right! As of Thursday morning, we have four teams in the American League within one game of the top two Wild Card spots: The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays are all jockeying to see who can make it to the postseason.
But what if they all finish with the same record? Let’s try to make this as simple as possible to explain what would happen.