Cleveland has a easier schedule than NY or Oak for the next three weeks...10 games against either KC or Tampa Bay. That being said, I still don't see the Tribe making it to the wild card. Of course, I'm a long-suffering Tribe fan going back 40 years, so I'm rather cynical.
Cleveland has benefitted MOST from the dissimilarities caused by interleague play. Indians were 26-29 BEFORE tirnign in an 11-1 run aginst the NL WEST pathetic foursome of SD, SF, Colorado, and Ariz. Cleveland went 4-2 against in-state rival Cincinnati...All told, Tribe was 15-3 in interleague play..
Wild Card in A.L. = Boston. I have them at 10-1.