MLB Playoff Image 2024: Royals Clinch Postseason Berth; Up to date Bracket, Standings

The Kansas Metropolis Royals’ historic turnaround will embrace a playoff look after they locked up an American League wild-card spot with the Minnesota Twins’ loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

Kansas Metropolis was limping to the end line with a seven-game shedding streak earlier than getting again on monitor earlier this week by sweeping the Washington Nationals.

Now, the Royals have locked up their first postseason berth since profitable the 2016 World Sequence.

This is a have a look at the present playoff matchups and bracket if the season ended right now in addition to up-to-date standings.

Projected MLB Playoff Bracket

• AL Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Houston Astros vs. No. 6 Kansas Metropolis Royals; No. 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. No. 5 Detroit Tigers
• NL Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers vs. No. 6 Arizona Diamondbacks; No. 4 San Diego Padres vs. No. 5 New York Mets
• First-Spherical Byes: No. 1 New York Yankees and No. 2 Cleveland Guardians (American League); No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers and No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies (Nationwide League)

1. New York Yankees (93-66); clinched division and first-round bye
2. Baltimore Orioles (89-71, 4 GB); clinched playoff berth
3. Boston Crimson Sox (80-79, 13 GB) 
4. Tampa Bay Rays (78-81, 15 GB) 
5. Toronto Blue Jays (74-85, 19 GB)

1. Cleveland Guardians (92-67); clinched division and first-round bye
2. Detroit Tigers (86-74, 6.5 GB; clinched playoff berth 
3. Kansas Metropolis Royals (85-75, 7.5 GB); clinched playoff berth 
4. Minnesota Twins (82-78, 10 GB) 
5. Chicago White Sox (39-121, 53.5 GB)

1. Houston Astros (86-73); clinched division
2. Seattle Mariners (82-77, 4 GB) 
3. Texas Rangers (75-84, 11 GB) 
4. Oakland Athletics (69-90, 17 GB) 
5. Los Angeles Angels (63-96, 23 GB)

1. Baltimore Orioles (89-71); clinched wild card
2. Detroit Tigers (86-74); clinched wild card
3. Kansas Metropolis Royals (85-75); clinched wild card
4. Minnesota Twins (82-78, 3 GB)
5. Seattle Mariners (82-77, 3 GB)

1. Philadelphia Phillies (94-66); clinched division and first-round bye
2. New York Mets (87-70, 5.5 GB) 
3. Atlanta Braves (87-71, 6 GB) 
4. Washington Nationals (69-90, 25 GB) 
5. Miami Marlins (59-100, 35 GB)

1. Milwaukee Brewers (91-68); clinched division 
2. Chicago Cubs (82-78, 9.5 GB) 
3. St. Louis Cardinals (81-78, 10 GB) 
4. Cincinnati Reds (76-84, 15.5 GB) 
5. Pittsburgh Pirates (74-85, 17 GB)

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (95-64); clinched division and first-round bye
2. San Diego Padres (91-68, 4 GB); clinched playoff berth
3. Arizona Diamondbacks (88-71, 4 GB) 
4. San Francisco Giants (79-80, 16 GB) 
5. Colorado Rockies (61-98, 34 GB)

1. San Diego Padres (91-68, +3 Video games); clinched wild card
2. New York Mets (87-70) 
3. Arizona Diamondbacks (88-71)
4. Atlanta Braves (86-71, 1 GB)

After tying the franchise document with 106 losses final season, the Royals, by their normal requirements, went on an enormous spending spree in free company to not less than get again to respectability.

Kansas Metropolis added $47 million to its 2024 payroll by signing Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, Chris Stratton, Garrett Hampson, Will Smith and Hunter Renfroe. That does not embrace the 11-year, $289 million extension given to Bobby Witt Jr. in February.

Lugo turned out to be arguably the very best free-agent signing for any group final winter. The 34-year-old is on the shortlist of AL Cy Younger candidates with a 3.03 ERA in a career-high 204.2 innings.

The rotation with Lugo, Wacha, Cole Ragans and Singer may be very harmful for opposing groups in a brief collection. The rotation as an entire ranks third in MLB with 19.9 FanGraphs’ wins above alternative and second with a 3.57 ERA.

Witt might be going to complete second to Aaron Choose in AL MVP voting. The 24-year-old famous person leads MLB in batting common, hits and owns a .332/.389/.591 slash line. He’s the first player in franchise historical past to have not less than 30 homers and 30 steals in a season.

Nice beginning pitching mixed with Witt main the offense have allowed the Royals to turn out to be simply the 14th team in MLB historical past to have a profitable document one 12 months after shedding not less than 100 video games.

Kansas Metropolis is simply the second group to make the playoffs within the season after shedding not less than 100 video games, becoming a member of the 2017 Minnesota Twins.

With a postseason berth locked up, the Royals are nonetheless ready to seek out out their opponent within the AL Wild Card collection. They may face both the Houston Astros or Baltimore Orioles in a best-of-three collection.