So what do you think?
Can the Royals pull this off? Can they make it back to the playoffs for a third straight season?
If so, it won't be easy. The Royals are in third place in the American League Central, eight games behind the Cleveland Indians. The race for one of the two wild-card spots is populated by seven teams that are either in now or no more than four games behind the leaders. The Toronto Blue Jays are the East leaders and could eventually fall back into the wild-card fun.
Because the Royals are closer to a wild-card spot, here is a look at those seven teams currently battling for the two playoff spots. This focuses on how each team got to this spot and what things look like from here to the end of the season. For fun, I asked the Magic 8 ball to weigh in.
