Having won six of seven games since the trade deadline, the Seattle Mariners enter play on Friday at 63-53, a season-high 10 ...

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Houston Astros Could Clinch American League West Mid-Game Monday With a magic number at one, the Houston Astros could clinch the American League West with a Seattle Mariners' loss.

The Seattle Mariners are the trendy pick to win the American League West, and if they do, they would have their first division title since winning 116 games in 2001.But will the Mariners overtake ...

Houston has been a juggernaut in the American League West since 2017, having won 5 straight division crowns. It’s easy to see how they will be in the middle of it for the rest of the season.

As the oddsmakers are telling you, Seattle is a real threat in the American League, and if any team is going to knock the mighty Astros from their lofty perch, it’s most likely going to be this one.

With the Texas Rangers winning the title in 2023 and the Houston Astros winning in 2022, the American League West has become the first division to produce a repeat champion since 1983 and 1984.

The Braves are expected to be contenders in a highly competitive National League. But in MLB’s modern landscape, everybody plays everyone, so the NL will see all of the American League, as well.

Our American League West correspondents deliver prospect reports for their organizations, headlined by an Angels righthander with the potential to move rapidly to Anaheim.