Should the AL Wild Card come down to a four-way tie teams need to decide their designation.
The clubs would choose/receive their A, B, C and D designations. On Monday, Oct. 4, Club A would host Club B and Club C would host Club D. The winners of those two games would be the Wild Card teams and would face each other in the ballpark of whoever had the superior head-to-head record.
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The order teams choose their designation is determined by the winning percentage against the other three clubs:
- Red Sox 24-21
- Blue Jays 22-22
- Yankees 22-23
- Mariners 9-11
It fairly obvious that the Red Sox and Blue Jays would take the A and C designations. Now, I don’t know if the league would seed the Yankees third and make them play in Toronto, or if the league gives the Yankees the choice of going to Toronto or Boston. They might want to go to Boston because it’s an easier trip. Or maybe they don’t want to face Robbie Ray. Or maybe they want to face Nathan Eovaldi, given how the Yankees destroyed him last week. It may even come down to Seattle going 4-2 against Toronto, and Seattle winning the other game is the only way the Yankees get to host the wild card game.
Decisions, decisions.