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The Latest Breaking News from AL West

The American League Playoff Race Is Even Sadder Than You Think

The 2026 season is nearing the home stretch, and the race for the last two American League playoff spots is shaping up to be historic for all the wrong reasons.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Cal Raleigh Hits 60th Homer as Mariners Clinch AL West

Raleigh is just the seventh player in MLB history to reach that milestone.

Sports Illustrated

AL Central Teams Defy Expectations, Dominate Postseason

AL Central teams - Guardians, Tigers, Royals - defy expectations and showcase resilience in remarkable postseason turnaround.

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Corey Seager got back at Alex Bregman with a spicy World Series speech mic drop

The Astros took the AL West division title, but the Rangers got the last laugh.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alex Bregman Trolls Astros Haters While Celebrating Another AL West Title

Bregman loves playing the villain.

Sports Illustrated

MLB playoff picture: A look at the spots left to be decided with under 1 week left in the 2023 season

The MLB playoff race is heating up!

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jim ‘Mattress Mack’ McIngvale Plunks Down $2 Million in Latest Bet

After placing a $1.9 million bet on Houston back in March, the Texas furniture businessman placed a new $2 million bet on his hometown Astros on Friday to win the 2023 World Series.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The AL West Race Just Got a Lot More Interesting

The Mariners are on a tear.

Sports Illustrated

Shohei Ohtani Fighting Back Tears After Leaving Game Brought All the Reactions From Fans

The Angels star was visibly upset in the dugout after leaving the game with injury on Thursday night.

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The Independent UK

MLB trade deadline analysis: AL West leaders loaded up on starting pitchers

The arms race in the AL West began with Lucas Giolito and quickly escalated

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Angels and Rangers Are Going All In

Two AL West rivals are stocking up at the deadline.

The Independent UK

Rangers get Scherzer from Mets in all-in blockbuster from surprise AL West leaders

A person with knowledge of the trade says the Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster deal with the New York Mets

Sports Illustrated

Benches Clear After Adolis Garcia Grand Slam As Rangers-Astros Rivalry Heats Up

Tensions flared during Wednesday’s AL West rivalry showdown.

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Tribune News Service

Rangers have controlled AL West all season, but lingering issues have Astros creeping

ARLINGTON, Texas — Scenes from a weekend: Rangers starting pitchers didn’t allow a run in back-to-back games. Aroldis Chapman was acquired, arrived, and blew gas by some Houston hitters. The Rangers packed the All-Star roster like a clown car.

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Larry Stone: Mariners are clear. This year, they want more than just to reach playoffs.

Teoscar Hernandez said that as the playoff pairings were being determined down the stretch of the MLB season last year, he heard talk among his team — the Blue Jays at the time — that they preferred to face the Mariners.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: Have the Mariners closed the gap on the Astros? It may not matter.

The Houston Astros are back in the World Series for the fourth time in the past six years, which to many Mariners fans might be only slight less distressing than having the similarly loathed Yankees represent the American League.

Chicago Tribune

Tony La Russa and the Chicago White Sox: How the manager fared in two managing stints with the franchise

Tony La Russa is one of the most accomplished managers in major-league history.

Tribune News Service

Salvador Perez breaks out of funk with homer as Royals stop slide by beating Astros

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez hit a home run, doubled and drove in three of the Kansas City Royals’ six runs as they defeated the AL West-leading Houston Astros and snapped a five-game slide.

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