The MLB Wildcard Standings are updated on MLB.com and can be seen on NBC Sports.
For most of the season, the race seemed to have little drama except for the fact that the Rockies or the D-backs would host the wild-card game.Colorado has been left to fend off a pair of NL Central teams for the last spot after Arizona pulled away with a stretch that has all but secured a spot in the playoffs.
Four National League teams have gone on to win the World Series because of the wild-card.In 1997 and 2003 the Marlins did it, as did theCardinals in 2011.The only team in either league to have done it since the two-wild card format was introduced in 2012 is the Giants.
Seven NL teams have made it to the World Series after getting in as the wild-card.In the NL wild-card game, home teams are just 1-4.The Nationals,Phillies and Padres are the only NL teams that have yet to win a wild-card spot.
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