A mere three and a half weeks remain in the 2022 regular season, which means we’ve entered magic-number territory. And with the mathematical elimination of the Nationals last week—the first team to be officially out of postseason contention, who have since been joined by the A’s, Tigers and Pirates—we thought it was time for the fine folks over at SI’s Power Rankings HQ to adopt a similar theme.
With that in mind, we’ve trimmed the field considerably, with a full focus on the playoffs from now on. Only teams deemed by Will Laws and me to be still “in the hunt” will be ranked from this point forward, and we’ll remove squads that we deem too far out of range to realistically have any hope of making a run. This week, that leaves us with 16 teams left to fight for 10 playoff spots. Let’s dive into that group as we plow ahead for the stretch run.
