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Merry Christmas everyone!

Don't know if this has been posted yet but Norway named it's first 7 athletes for the olympic team a few days ago. Men: Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sturla Holm Lægreid Women: Tiril Eckhoff Ida Lien Marte Olsbu Røiseland Interestingly, Tandrevold still hasn't been named to the team. Also apparently on the men's side, Dale and Bjøntegaard won't compete at the olympics.

Your numbers are correct! As far as I know, Greece doesn't have any more chances of getting quotas unfortunately.

Brazil: Alpine Skiing: 1 Bobsleigh: 5 Cross-Country Skiing: 3 Freestyle Skiing: 1 Skeleton: 1 Czech Republic: Alpine Skiing: 6 Biathlon: 10 Bobsleigh: 5 Cross-Country Skiing: 12 Curling: 2 Figure Skating: 6 Freestyle Skiing: 2 Ice Hockey: 48 Luge: 4 Nordic Combined: 4 Short Track: 1 Skeleton: 1 Ski Jumping: 6 Snowboarding: 5 Speed Skating: 2 I think the lost quota might be from speed skating. I remember you guys had a 3rd skater that was in qualifying position for a period of time. Lithuania: Alpine Skiing: 2 Biathlon: 6 Cross-Country Skiing: 4 Figure Skating: 2

*Long Post Alert!!!* Alright, guess I'm posting everything at once. So I had some free time so I figured I might as well try to make predictions for each event. These are mostly based on this years world cup results and last years world championships. Please keep in mind that my knowledge of alpine skiing and the nordic sports (besides biathlon) isn't the greatest so any advice would be appreciated. Most events were mostly straight forward to predict but a lot of the events (especially in biathlon, short track, and some freestyle skiing and snowboard events) have been very unpredictable this year so that made my job a lot harder. A lot of the events also don't have too much data so far this year so I'll update the predictions once more events are finished. Alpine Skiing GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Downhill Matthias MAYER Vincent KRIECHMAYR Beat FEUZ M Super-G Aleksander Aamodt KILDE Marco ODERMATT Vincent KRIECHMAYR M Giant Slalom Marco ODERMATT Henrik KRISTOFFERSEN Luca DE ALIPRANDINI M Slalom Clement NOEL Sebastian FOSS-SOLEVAAG Kristoffer JAKOBSEN M Alpine Combined Alexis PINTURAULT Marco SCHWARZ Loic MEILLARD W Downhill Sofia GOGGIA Breezy JOHNSON Corinne SUTER W Super-G Sofia GOGGIA Lara GUT-BEHRAMI Mikaela SHIFFRIN W Giant Slalom Mikaela SHIFFRIN Lara GUT-BEHRAMI Petra VLHOVA W Slalom Petra VLHOVA Mikaela SHIFFRIN Katharina LIENSBERGER W Alpine Combined Mikaela SHIFFRIN Petra VLHOVA Michelle GISIN Team Event Norway Austria Switzerland Biathlon GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Individual Sturla Holm LAEGREID Johannes Thingnes BOE Quentin FILLON MAILLET M Sprint Sebastian SAMUELSSON Johannes Thingnes BOE Emilien JACQUELIN M Pursuit Quentin FILLON MAILLET Vetle Sjaastad CHRISTIANSEN Sebastian SAMUELSSON M Mass Start Quentin FILLON MAILLET Emilien JACQUELIN Sturla Holm LAEGREID M Relay Norway France ROC W Individual Lisa Theresa HAUSER Marketa DAVIDOVA Hanna OEBERG W Sprint Elvira OEBERG Hanna SOLA Marte Olsbu ROEISELAND W Pursuit Marte Olsbu ROEISELAND Elvira OEBERG Dzinara ALIMBEKAVA W Mass Start Marte Olsbu ROEISELAND Elvira OEBERG Julia SIMON W Relay Sweden France Norway Mixed Relay France Norway Sweden Bobsleigh GOLD SILVER BRONZE Two-Man Francesco FRIEDRICH Johannes LOCHNER Rostislav GAITIUKEVICH Four-Man Francesco FRIEDRICH Brad HALL Justin KRIPPS W Monobob Laura NOLTE Kaillie HUMPHRIES Cynthia APPIAH Two-Woman Laura NOLTE Mariama JAMANKA Christine DE BRUIN Cross-Country Skiing GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Ind. Sprint Johannes Hoesflot KLAEBO Haavard Solaas TAUGBOEL Richard JOUVE M 15km Hans Christer HOLUND Simen Hegstad KRUEGER Iivo NISKANEN M Skiathlon Alexander BOLSHUNOV Simen Hegstad KRUEGER Sjur ROETHE M 50km Simen Hegstad KRUEGER Alexander BOLSHUNOV Hans Christer HOLUND M Team Sprint Norway ROC Italy M Relay Norway ROC Italy W Ind. Sprint Maja DAHLQVIST Jonna SUNDLING Anamarija LAMPIC W 10km Frida KARLSSON Therese JOHAUG Katharina HENNIG W Skiathlon Therese JOHAUG Frida KARLSSON Ebba ANDERSSON W 30km Therese JOHAUG Frida KARLSSON Heidi WENG W Team Sprint Sweden United States Slovenia W Relay Sweden ROC Norway Curling GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's Great Britain Canada Sweden Women's Switzerland Sweden ROC Mixed Doubles Great Britain Norway Canada Figure Skating GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's Nathan CHEN Shoma UNO Yuzuru HANYU Women's Kamila VALIEVA Anna SHCHERBAKOVA Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA Pairs SUI/HAN TARASOVA/MOROZOV MISHINA/GALLIAMOV Ice Dance PAPADAKIS/CIZERON SINITSINA/KATSALAPOV CHOCK/BATES Team Event ROC United States Japan Freestyle Skiing GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Aerials Maxim BUROV Noe ROTH JIA Zongyang M Moguls Mikael KINGSBURY Ikuma HORISHIMA Benjamin CAVET M Ski Cross Bastien MIDOL Ryan REGEZ Terence TCHIKNAVORIAN M Halfpipe Nico PORTEOUS Birk IRVING Brendan MACKAY M Slopestyle Andri RAGETTLI Birk RUUD Colby STEVENSON M Big Air Matej SVANCER Alexander HALL Birk RUUD W Aerials XU Mengtao KONG Fanyu Laura PEEL W Moguls Jakara ANTHONY Perrine LAFFONT Anri KAWAMURA W Ski Cross Sandra NAESLUND Fanny SMITH Marielle THOMPSON W Halfpipe GU Ailing Rachael KARKER Kelly SILDARU W Slopestyle Kelly SILDARU GU Ailing Mathilde GREMAUD W Big Air GU Ailing Tess LEDEUX Sarah HOEFFLIN Mixed Team Aerials China ROC Ukraine Ice Hockey GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's ROC Finland Canada Women's Canada United States Finland Luge GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Singles Johannes LUDWIG Felix LOCH Wolfgang KINDL W Singles Julia TAUBITZ Madeleine EGLE Natalie GEISENBERGER M Doubles STEU/KOLLER EGGERT/BENECKEN SICS/SICS Team Relay Germany Austria Latvia Nordic Combined GOLD SILVER BRONZE Ind. NH/10km Jarl-Magnus RIIBER Vinzenz GEIGER Ilkka HEROLA Ind. LH/10km Jarl-Magnus RIIBER Johannes LAMPARTER Eric FRENZEL Team LH/Relay Norway Germany Austria Short Track Speed Skating GOLD SILVER BRONZE M 500m WU Dajing LIU Shaolin Sandor REN Ziwei M 1000m HWANG Dae-heon Pascal DION Semen ELISTRATOV M 1500m REN Ziwei Semen ELISTRATOV PARK Jang-hyuk M 5000m Relay Canada South Korea China W 500m Kim BOUTIN Arianna FONTANA Natalia MALISZEWSKA W 1000m Suzanne SCHULTING CHOI Min-jeong Kristen SANTOS W 1500m Suzanne SCHULTING LEE Yu-bin Courtney SARAULT W 3000m Relay Netherlands Canada China Mixed 2000m Relay China Netherlands South Korea Skeleton GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's Christopher GROTHEER Axel JUNGK GENG Wenqiang Women's Tina HERMANN Elena NIKITINA Kimberley BOS Ski Jumping GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Ind. NH Karl GEIGER Halvor Egner GRANERUD Anze LANISEK M Ind. LH Karl GEIGER Ryoyu KOBAYASHI Halvor Egner GRANERUD M Team LH Germany Austria Norway W Ind. NH Marita KRAMER Katharina ALTHAUS Ursa BOGATAJ Mixed Team NH Austria Slovenia Germany Snowboarding GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Parallel Giant Slalom LEE Sang-ho Stefan BAUMEISTER Dmitry LOGINOV M Snowboard Cross Alessandro HAEMMERLE Nick BAUMGARTNER Eliot GRONDIN M Halfpipe Yuto TOTSUKA Ruka HIRANO Scotty JAMES M Slopestyle Marcus KLEVELAND Red GERARD Sebastien TOUTANT M Big Air SU Yiming Max PARROT Marcus KLEVELAND W Parallel Giant Slalom Ester LEDECKA Sofia NADYRSHINA Ramona Theresia HOFMEISTER W Snowboard Cross Charlotte BANKES Michela MOIOLI Belle BROCKHOFF W Halfpipe Chloe KIM CAI Xuetong Queralt CASTELLET W Slopestyle Jamie ANDERSON Zoi SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT Kokomo MURASE W Big Air Anna GASSER Reira IWABUCHI Kokomo MURASE Mixed Team Snowboard Cross Italy France Australia Speed Skating GOLD SILVER BRONZE M 500m Laurent DUBREUIL Tatsuya SHINHAMA GAO Tingyu M 1000m Thomas KROL Kjeld NUIS NING Zhongyan M 1500m NING Zhongyan Joey MANTIA Thomas KROL M 5000m Nils VAN DER POEL Patrick ROEST Ted-Jan BLOEMEN M 10000m Nils VAN DER POEL Jorrit BERGSMA Ted-Jan BLOEMEN M Mass Start Bart SWINGS Ruslan ZAKHAROV Joey MANTIA M Team Pursuit United States Norway Netherlands W 500m Erin JACKSON Nao KODAIRA Angelina GOLIKOVA W 1000m Brittany BOWE Miho TAKAGI Nao KODAIRA W 1500m Miho TAKAGI Brittany BOWE Ayano SATO W 3000m Irene SCHOUTEN Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA Isabelle WEIDEMANN W 5000m Irene SCHOUTEN Isabelle WEIDEMANN Ragne WIKLUND W Mass Start Ivanie BLONDIN Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA Irene SCHOUTEN W Team Pursuit Japan Canada Netherlands Medal Table Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Norway 17 14 12 43 2 Germany 12 9 5 26 3 Sweden 10 6 6 22 4 China 10 3 7 20 5 United States 8 12 5 25 6 Austria 7 8 4 19 7 France 7 6 6 19 8 Canada 6 7 13 26 9 Netherlands 6 4 5 15 10 ROC 5 12 8 25 11 Japan 3 8 6 17 12 Switzerland 3 6 8 17 13 Italy 3 4 3 10 14 Great Britain 3 1 0 4 15 South Korea 2 3 2 7 16 Czechia 2 0 0 2 17 Slovakia 1 1 1 3 18 New Zealand 1 1 0 2 19 Australia 1 0 5 6 20 Estonia 1 0 1 2 21 Belgium 1 0 0 1 22 Finland 0 1 3 4 22 Slovenia 0 1 3 4 24 Belarus 0 1 1 2 25 Hungary 0 1 0 1 26 Latvia 0 0 2 2 27 Ukraine 0 0 1 1 27 Poland 0 0 1 1 27 Spain 0 0 1 1

Should I post my predictions one day at a time, or should I post them all at once?

My bad, should be 49 still. You guys didn't lose any quotas.

Christmas Simulated Team Size Update. 91 NOC's now with Eritrea and Saudi Arabia recently qualifying. Vietnam remains in qualifying position for now. If anyone wants a sport-by-sport breakdown for any NOC, feel free to ask. Albania- 1 American Samoa- 1 Andorra- 6 Argentina- 6 Armenia- 6 Australia- 41 (+4) Austria- 108 (-1) Azerbaijan- 2 (+1) Belarus- 28 (-3) Belgium- 18 (+1) Bolivia- 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina- 5 Brazil- 11 Bulgaria- 16 Canada- 212 (+3) Chile- 5 China- 163 (+21) Chinese Taipei- 3 (-1) Colombia- 3 Croatia- 14 Cyprus- 1 Czech Republic- 114 (-2) Denmark- 64 (+6) Ecuador- 1 Eritrea- 1 (+1) Estonia- 22 Finland- 93 France- 85 (-9) Georgia- 9 Germany- 154 (+10) Great Britain- 53 Greece- 5 Haiti- 1 Hong Kong- 3 Hungary- 13 (-2) Iceland- 5 India- 1 Iran- 3 Ireland- 6 (-2) Israel- 7 Italy- 117 (-1) Jamaica- 6 Japan- 127 (-4) Kazakhstan- 33 Kenya- 1 Kosovo- 1 Kyrgyzstan- 1 Latvia- 57 (-7) Lebanon- 3 Liechtenstein- 4 Lithuania- 14 (+1) Luxembourg- 3 Madagascar- 2 Malaysia- 2 Malta- 2 Mexico- 4 Moldova- 4 (-2) Monaco- 3 Mongolia- 2 Montenegro- 3 Morocco- 1 Netherlands- 43 (-2) New Zealand- 20 (+2) Nigeria- 1 North Macedonia- 3 Norway- 90 (-2) Pakistan- 2 Peru- 1 Philippines- 1 Poland- 54 (+1) Portugal- 3 Puerto Rico- 2 Romania- 21 (+1) Russian Olympic Committee- 206 (-4) San Marino- 1 Saudi Arabia- 1 (+1) Serbia- 5 Slovakia- 49 Slovenia- 42 (-1) South Korea- 59 (-1) Spain- 16 (-1) Sweden- 120 (-2) Switzerland- 172 (-3) Thailand- 5 Timor-Leste- 1 Trinidad and Tobago- 2 Turkey- 7 Ukraine- 44 (+1) United States- 218 (-6) Uzbekistan- 1 Vietnam- 1

Well on the bright side, at least I now have a 2 hour break to sleep each day during the time where there's usually only a single hockey game happening.

Out of all of the sports that had quotas cut, speed skating very well might have had the worst cuts. At least with cutting short track quotas, you still had extra quotas left over once all the relay and starting positions were filled out. Here, there's gonna be at least 14 deserving skaters on the men's side that are going to have their olympic dream shattered because the IOC was too cheap. If you're gonna cut quotas, at least make them reasonable cuts. Reducing the men's speed skating quotas from 100 to 83 is not reasonable.

Beijing 2022 End of November Quota Simulation using qualification systems and world rankings. 89 NOC's in total. Albania- 1 American Samoa- 1 Andorra- 6 Argentina- 6 Armenia- 6 Australia- 37 Austria- 109 Azerbaijan- 2 Belarus- 31 Belgium- 17 Bolivia- 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina- 5 Brazil- 11 Bulgaria- 16 Canada- 209 Chile- 5 China- 142 Chinese Taipei- 4 Colombia- 3 Croatia- 14 Cyprus- 1 Czech Republic- 116 Denmark- 58 Ecuador- 1 Estonia- 22 Finland- 93 France- 94 Georgia- 9 Germany- 144 Great Britain- 53 Greece- 5 Haiti- 1 Hong Kong- 3 Hungary- 15 Iceland- 5 India- 1 Iran- 3 Ireland- 8 Israel- 7 Italy- 118 Jamaica- 6 Japan- 131 Kazakhstan- 33 Kenya- 1 Kosovo- 1 Kyrgyzstan- 1 Latvia- 64 Lebanon- 3 Liechtenstein- 4 Lithuania- 13 Luxembourg- 3 Madagascar- 2 Malaysia- 2 Malta- 2 Mexico- 4 Moldova- 6 Monaco- 3 Mongolia- 2 Montenegro- 3 Morocco- 1 Netherlands- 45 New Zealand- 18 Nigeria- 1 North Macedonia- 3 Norway- 92 Pakistan- 2 Peru- 1 Philippines- 1 Poland- 53 Portugal- 3 Puerto Rico- 2 Romania- 20 Russian Olympic Committee- 210 San Marino- 1 Serbia- 5 Slovakia- 48 Slovenia- 43 South Korea- 60 Spain- 17 Sweden- 122 Switzerland- 175 Thailand- 5 Timor-Leste- 1 Trinidad and Tobago- 2 Turkey- 7 Ukraine- 43 United States- 224 Uzbekistan- 1 Vietnam- 1

I pretty much just looked at the world cup rankings for each distance and went down the list until I got to the maximum number of skaters allowed in that distance making sure that I only picked 3 for each country. In the men's 500m, the 3rd Korean is ranked 34th but qualifies because both the Netherland's and China have 4 skaters ahead of him. https://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Rankings.aspx?evt=11213100000092&rep=65310 Edit: Oh wait, now I see what you did! You calculated the results for each individual world cup whereas I just looked at the overall ranking.

Yeah, I did it by NOC. Was it supposed to be by name?

Final Short Track Speed Skating Quotas Men Women Mixed Total Quotas NOC 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Mixed Relay Men Women Total Australia 1 1 1 0 1 Belgium 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Canada 3 2 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 China 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Croatia 1 0 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 0 1 1 France 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2 2 4 Germany 2 0 2 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 Hong Kong 1 1 0 1 Hungary 3 3 3 x 2 2 2 x 5 2 7 Israel 1 1 1 1 0 1 Italy 2 2 3 x 3 2 3 x x 4 5 9 Japan 2 2 3 x 1 3 3 x 4 3 7 Kazakhstan 3 1 2 1 1 x 3 2 5 Latvia 1 1 2 2 0 2 Netherlands 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Poland 1 3 2 2 x x 2 5 7 ROC 2 2 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9 South Korea 2 3 3 x 2 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Turkey 1 1 0 1 Ukraine 1 1 1 1 2 United States 1 2 2 3 3 2 x x 2 5 7 Total (23 NOC's) 32 32 36 8 32 32 36 8 12 56 56 112

Beijing 2022 Provisional Quotas after 3/4 World Cup Events M 5000m Relay: Canada China Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands ROC South Korea M Individual Quotas (one short of 56): x5: , , , (+1), (+2), , , x3: , (+1) x2: (-2), (+2), x1: , , Dropped Out: (-1), (-2), (-1), (-1) W 3000m Relay: Canada China France Italy Netherlands ROC South Korea United States W Individual Quotas x5: , , , , , , x4: (+2) x3: (-1), x2: (+1), , , x1: , , Dropped Out: (-1) Mixed 2000m Relay Canada China France Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands ROC South Korea United States Not a great World Cup for smaller short track nations. 4 nations lost quotas on the men's side and one on the women's side and Austria, Croatia and Turkey are no longer have any qualified athletes. No other nations's gained quotas and the extra quotas instead went to the bigger nations. Even after adding 5 quotas to all the relay teams, it still isn't enough to get to 56 on the men's side. Great Britain is the biggest winner as it gained 2 men's and one women's quota and now has a mixed relay qualified though the 2nd women's quota is definitely not secure. The final World Cup stop is this weekend and there's a good chance there'll be a lot of changes since the worst result gets dropped from the rankings. Hopefully some more nations will be able to qualify. Also on another note, does anybody know what's up with the wikipedia page about the qualification? Their rankings are completely different from the ISU website.

Congrats to the Braves! An incredible story considering they barely made it into the playoffs with only 88 wins. Thank goodness the astros didn't win. Still haven't won a championship without cheating yet. Guess it's hard to win when you don't know what pitch is coming

Beijing 2022 Provisional Quotas after 2/4 World Cup Events M 5000m Relay: Hungary China Canada Netherlands Italy ROC South Korea France M Individual Quotas x5: ,, , , , x4: , x3: , x2: , , x1: , , , , , W 3000m Relay: Netherlands South Korea Italy China United States ROC Canada Japan W Individual Quotas x5: , , , , , , x4: x3: , , x2: x1: ,, , , , Mixed 2000m Relay: Canada China France Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands Poland ROC South Korea United States

I'm working on them right now, I'll post it soon!

Game 1 of the world series ends with a convincing 6-2 win by the Braves. Unfortunately for them, their starting pitcher, Charlie Morton, got injured and will be out for the series.

Canada's Uniforms. The big puffy jackets are the opening ceremony uniforms, white ones are the closing ceremony uniforms, the rest are miscellaneous. https://olympic.ca/2021/10/26/feel-canada-team-canada-lululemon-unveil-the-beijing-2022-team-kit/

Okay, it's still early but I tried to calculate the olympic quotas. The qualification system is very confusing so there's a good chance there'll be a few mistakes but it should be hopefully be mostly accurate. Beijing 2022 Provisional Quotas after 1/4 World Cup Events M 5000m Relay: Netherlands Hungary Italy China ROC France Canada Belgium *Note that Korea isn't ranked in the top 8 yet so they'll probably bump out Belgium eventually M Individual Quotas x5: , , x4: , , , , x3: , , , x2: , x1: , , , , W 3000m Relay: China Netherlands South Korea Italy United States Canada ROC Poland W Individual Quotas (Names are of those that currently have the quota position) x5: , , , , x4: , , x3: , , x2: , , x1: , , , Mixed 2000m Relay: Canada China France Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands ROC South Korea United States

Czech Republic: Ondrej Palat (Tampa Bay Lightning), David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins), Jakub Voracek (Columbus Blue Jackets) Finland: Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes), Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers), Mikko Rantanen (Colorado Avalanche) United States: Seth Jones (Chicago Blackhawks), Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Sweden has also named it's first three players to its team: Mika Zibanejad (New York Rangers), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche), and Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning). No surprises there.

National League Scores (for games that matter) San Diego 3-2 San Francisco Milwaukee 3-8 LA Dodgers American League Scores (for games that matter) Baltimore 1-10 Toronto Boston 5-3 Washington Tampa Bay 12-2 NY Yankees LA Angels 4-6 Seattle NL West title is still up for grabs. Giants can clinch it tomorrow with a win and the Dodgers can force a tie breaker game for the division with a win and a Giants loss tomorrow. In the AL Wildcard race, the Yankees lost while the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Mariners all won. This means that the Red Sox and Yankees are now tied for the wild card positions with the Blue Jays and Mariners both a game back. The Red Sox and Yankees can both punch their tickets into the wild card game by winning tomorrow. Should either of them lose, they'll have to hope that both the Mariners and Blue Jays lose or else there will be an extra game to decide who advances. Should be a crazy, fun today tomorrow. All games start at 15:00 ET.

First day of the final weekend series is over now and what a day it was especially me being a Blue Jays fan (even thought it would've been nice if the Red Sox lost too). National League Scores (for games that matter) San Diego 0-3 San Francisco Milwaukee 6-8 LA Dodgers American League Scores (for games that matter) Baltimore 4-6 Toronto Boston 4-2 Washington Tampa Bay 4-3 NY Yankees LA Angels 2-1 Seattle Giants are still two games ahead of the Dodgers for the NL West division. The Dodgers will need to win both games and the Giants will have to lose both games to force a 163rd game of the season to decide who wins the division and who plays in the wild card game. The American League is a lot more complex. 4 teams still alive for two wildcard playoff spots. The Yankees are currently one game ahead of the Red Sox who are one game ahead of both the Mariners and Blue Jays. As long as the Yankees win one more game, they'll clinch one of the spots. After the loss by Seattle tonight, the Boston Red Sox are in control and will clinch the 2nd spot if they win both of their remaining games. Should they lose one of those games, a loss by both Seattle and Toronto would still give them a playoff spot while two wins by those teams would force a tiebreaker game. Should the Red Sox lose both of their remaining games, they would be out of the playoffs entirely if Seattle and Toronto win both of their games while two red sox losses and a win by either Seattle or Toronto would force a tie breaker. The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays are tied but on the outside looking in. The best way for either of the two teams to get in would be to win both of their remaining games and hope the Red Sox lose at least one to force a 163rd game. To have sole possession of a wild card spot, the team would have to win both games, the Red Sox would have to lose both games and the other team they're tied with would have to lose at least one of the games.