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MLB playoff picture: Wild card standings, AL and NL postseason bracket

Keep up on the dying days of the MLB pennant race.

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The Major League Baseball season is down to its final days with plenty of uncertainty and playoff spots still to be clinched.

In the AL West, the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros have been exchanging first place in recent days and it's the Rangers who hold a one-game leading entering play on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The Cleveland Guardians have overtaken the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central, but the Sox are still likely to earn a wild card spot.

The Chicago Cubs , San DIego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies basically have the NL's three wild card spots locked up, but only one game separating the three teams in the seeding.

The regular season ends on Sunday, Sept. 27, with the best-of-three wild card series beginning two days later.

Here's the latest standings and updates on the MLB playoff race:

MLB teams ranked by their World Series championships

#-division champion; *clinched at least a wild card spot

Wild card series: White Sox (6) at Rangers (3) – Winner vs. Guardians Red Sox (5) at Yankees * (4) – Winner vs. Rays

White Sox (6) at Rangers (3) – Winner vs. Guardians

Red Sox (5) at Yankees * (4) – Winner vs. Rays

Wild card series: Phillies (6) at Braves* (3) – Winner vs. Dodgers Padres (5) at Cubs (4) – Winner vs. Brewers

Phillies (6) at Braves* (3) – Winner vs. Dodgers

Padres (5) at Cubs (4) – Winner vs. Brewers

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Atlanta Braves (91-64) – winners of NL East

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