What is the story about?
The
countdown to October means different things across Major League Baseball.
Some teams are battling for division titles, playoff berths and postseason seeding. Others have already been eliminated from contention and turned their attention toward the offseason. With just days left in the regular season, there's still room on the bench for a few more clubs to join them.
Here's every MLB team that has been mathematically eliminated from the 2026 postseason race.
What MLB teams have been eliminated from playoff contention?
American League
- Athletics
- Detroit Tigers
- Kansas City Royals
- Los Angeles Angels
- Minnesota Twins
National League
- Cincinnati Reds
- Colorado Rockies
- Miami Marlins
- New York Mets
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- St. Louis Cardinals
- San Francisco Giants
- Washington Nationals
Which MLB teams are closest to elimination?
- The Seattle Mariners have been eliminated from wild-card contention but are not yet mathematically eliminated from winning the AL West. The Mariners hold the tiebreaker over the Houston Astros but lose the tiebreaker to the Texas Rangers. Seattle is five games behind Texas and Houston with five to play, giving it an elimination number of 1.
- The Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays have an elimination number of 1 in the AL wild card race. The two AL East rivals continue a three-game series at Camden Yards with a doubleheader on Wednesday.
- The Arizona Diamondbacks' elimination number in the NL wild card race is 2.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Which MLB teams are eliminated from the 2026 playoff race?
