In the final month of last season, plenty happened, but nothing really did. The 10 teams thatentered September holding playoff spots made the playoffs, and five of the six teams that led divisions at the end of August held on the exception being the American League West, where the Rangers overcame a four-game deficit to claim the Terrace Marshall Jr. Men Jersey crown and relegate the Astros to a wild-card berth.

It was the first time in four years of the current playoff system that nobody rallied to make the postseason with a final-month charge, but for all the sense of an extra wild card opening the door to crazy finishes to the season, such scenarios haven'tcome to fruition. Each of the previous three years saw only one team reach October after ending August on the outside looking in the 2012 Tigers, 2013 Indians (thanks to a one-game playoff) and 2014 Pirates pulled it off.

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This year will be different Shelby Harris Men Jersey for one simple reason: There are 11 teams that enter September with a playoff spot in their grasp, as both the Orioles and Tigers are 72-61. Meanwhile, the American League in general has lived up to preseason expectations that the race would be wide-open: Entering the final month of the season, only five teams are more than four games adrift of that second wild-card spot that would be decided by a one-game playoff between Baltimore and Detroit if the season ended today.

The National League has its own drama shaping up, with the Cardinals lead over the Mets down to a game and a half for the second wild card, the Pirates one game behind New York and the Marlins another game back of Pittsburgh. Thats not to mention the Giants being far from safe with a two-game lead on St. Louis and 3.5 on New York, with the Dodgers only Russell Wilson Women Jersey leading San Francisco by a game and a half in the West.

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The po sibilities for chaos are myriad and delightful to ponder, like a six-way tie for the final playoff spot in the American League. Theres also fun in the race for next years No. 1 draft pick, with the Twins having closed August on a 13-game losing streak to become the leaders Charles Clay Women Jersey in that contest, bypa sing the Braves. Even in the middle of the pack, there is something to watch, with the Rockies chasing their first winning season since 2010.

Then there are individual stories to follow in September, with none of the awards sewn up. Mike Trout leads the American League in wins above replacement by a wide margin, but the opportunity is very much there for Josh Donaldson to win his second straight MVP award, or for Jose Altuve, Mookie Betts or Manny Machado to stake a claim. Kris Bryant has to be considered the favorite for the National League MVP, but Corey Seager still has a shot at joining Alan Branch Men Jersey Fred Lynn and Ichiro as the only rookies to take the prize.

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The National League Cy Young race might be the toughest of all to call, thanks to Clayton Kershaw mi sing so much time with a back injury and excellent performances by Madison Bumgarner, Kyle Hendricks, Max Scherzer, Noah Syndergaard and others. In the American League, the Cy Young is up for grabs between Cole Hamels, Corey Kluber, Rick Porcello, Jose Quintana, Chris Sale, Masahiro Tanaka and Justin Verlander, not to mention Orioles closer Zach Britton.

If youre looking for a coronation over the course of the final month, there are the Rookie of the Year awards, which should belong to Seager in the National League and Michael Fulmer in the American, though if Gary Sanchez had been called up to the Yankees before August, it might have been a different story. Meanwhile, the Cubs, Nationals and Rangers keep rolling toward the playoffs and have to be seen as the World Series favorites, if for no other reason than, with the playoff races so murky (Cleveland is basically there, but could conceivably slip to a wild card), those teams Anthony Castonzo Women Jersey have an edge simply by being there.

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Even if its another year where the teams that start September on top wind up there at the end, getting to that end on Oct. 2 should be as interesting as can be.