Detroit and Philadelphia have set the bar, and unless a few miracles can happen, the two organizations will have home-field advantage in their respective leagues.

    Detroit heads to Florida this weekend, and Tarik Skubal will be up against Sandy Alcantara on Friday night. That’s quite the pitching duel in store, even though Sandy hasn’t quite returned to his old form yet. The Tigers are up almost 10 games on their division foes entering this weekend.

    Anyone in the mood for a Sox vs Yanks weekend? Boston and New York are tied going into the Thursday night games before their series begins on Friday, and that could determine plenty toward which teams make it in the postseason, and which team stays home. The Red Sox are 8 - 2 against the Bombers this season, and this will be the final series of the regular season between them.

Houston, Seattle, and Texas are all battling for the postseason in the AL West, as only 2.5 games separate the three teams as of Thursday. Houston is in Atlanta this weekend, the Rangers are in New York to face the slowly dying Mets, and Seattle will host a series with the Angels.