Red Sox Clinch 2026 MLB Playoff Berth and Braves Win Division, Updated Bracket Picture and Standings

https://bleacherreport.com ^ | Sept. 20th, 2026 | Joseph Zucker

[kawhill]

Under the watch of interim manager Chad Tracy, the Red Sox secured a 2026 MLB playoff berth. At 85-72, they're on track to finish in one of the American League's three wild-card positions.

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TOPICS: History; Sports
KEYWORDS: division; playoff

[kawhill]

It's near the end of the season.

[T.B. Yoits]

[Repeal The 17th]

One week until the play offs ...

[Verginius Rufus]

Texas Rangers are .500 (78-78) but lead the AL West.

8 NL teams are eliminated. Four teams are fighting for the 3 wild card slots. The Cubs and Padres are tied for first, the Phillies are third, and the Diamondbacks are in fourth place, 4 games behind the Phillies. (They play their next 3 games against the last-place Rockies, then their final 3 games against the Padres--they pretty much need to win all 6 games and have the Padres swept by the Dodgers to get to the playoffs. The Padres have won 13 of their last 14 games. That could be their best record in any 14-game stretch in their history.)

[Repeal The 17th]

It is likely that there are things in your life
that you enjoy, but I do not.
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Or possibly there is nothing in your life that you enjoy.

[T.B. Yoits]

The korporate owners and players of Major League Baseball aligned themselves with a Communist organization such as Black Lives Matter^TM and spit in the face of all Americans. They conspired to overthrow the election of 2020, subverting the will of We The People.

May they disappear into the dustbin of history.

[Repeal The 17th]

I pity you.