Tampa Bay Rays First-Place Clinch Scenario Tampa Bay does not have a first-place clinch number Here is a scenario in which Tampa Bay wins all 13 of their remaining games (86 total) but does not but does not clinch first place. Team W L PCT GB New York 96 66 0.593 0.00 Boston 91 71 0.562 5.00 Toronto 87 75 0.537 9.00 Tampa Bay 86 76 0.531 10.00 Baltimore 72 90 0.444 24.00 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB Toronto 87 62 13 0.584 0.0 New York 83 66 13 0.557 4.0 Boston 82 68 12 0.547 5.5 Tampa Bay 73 76 13 0.490 14.0 Baltimore 69 80 13 0.463 18.0 Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario: Boston has won the season series with Baltimore 8 games to 5. Boston has won the season series with New York 9 games to 4. New York has won the season series with Tampa Bay 9 games to 4. Toronto has won the season series with Baltimore 7 games to 6. Toronto has won the season series with New York 8 games to 5. Boston currently has 8 wins against Tampa Bay and 2 losses. Boston wins 0 additional games against Tampa Bay and loses 3. Boston wins the series 8 games to 5 New York currently has 3 wins against Baltimore and 3 losses. New York wins 7 additional games against Baltimore and loses 0. New York wins the series 10 games to 3 Tampa Bay currently has 5 wins against Baltimore and 5 losses. Tampa Bay wins 3 additional games against Baltimore and loses 0. Tampa Bay wins the series 8 games to 5 Tampa Bay currently has 5 wins against Toronto and 1 losses. Tampa Bay wins 7 additional games against Toronto and loses 0. Tampa Bay wins the series 12 games to 1 Toronto currently has 7 wins against Boston and 3 losses. Toronto wins 0 additional games against Boston and loses 3. Toronto wins the series 7 games to 6 Baltimore wins 3 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Boston wins 6 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. New York wins 6 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Tampa Bay wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Toronto wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 3. Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above. # Tampa Bay Rays' magic number # Tampa Bay's magic number # Rays' magic number # MLB Playoff Race