MLB Power Rankings: How the races stack up with one month left in the regular season

Four weeks remain in our Major League Baseball marathon. How many fun races will there be? Let's take a quick look.

The Rays have a 4 ½-game lead over the Yankees, and the two square off in a four-game series in the Bronx during the last week of the season. That could be juicy, so let's hope the Yankees can keep it within four games. Obviously, the Rays are overwhelmingly more likely to win the division, but this is workable for the Yankees.

The White Sox are holding strong at the top, and it's gotten to the point where it would be a surprise if they fell back. It is not over, however, with the Guardians only 3 ½ games out. There's one head-to-head series left, in Cleveland, Sept. 14-16. The White Sox don't play a game against a winning team after that.

This pathetic pillow fight thankfully has one team over .500 at this point in the Astros, but they're only one game over. The Rangers are two games back and the Mariners are a workable five. The Astros face the Mariners for a two-game series in the last week of the season and the Rangers are out of…

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