The Crow's Nest: Stuck in the shallows, aka your current Mariners playoff odds

The Mariners are eight games away from clinching their first playoff appearance in two decades. The team is playing its worst baseball of the season. They won 14 games in a row. The Mariners will still most likely make the playoffs.

New York Yankees are currently 91-58. The Yankees have a 100% chance of making the postseason and a 9.7% of winning the World Series.

Yankees have clinched a playoff spot. They are running on all cylinders after a scare against the Pirates and dropping two to the Brewers over the weekend. Aaron Judge hit 60 home runs and Josh Donaldson is finally starting to heat up. The Mariners are stuck in the shallows. They have a high-powered offense but a subpar bullpen and a shaky back end of the rotation.

The Cleveland Guardians are playing in the AL Central. They have a 99.9% chance of winning the division and a 2% of the World Series. The Guardians beat the Twins and the White Sox in recent weeks. The Mariners are stuck in their current playoff position. Their current odds are 83 to 67.

The Toronto Blue Jays are currently 1.5 games clear at the top of the Wild Card standings. They have three more games against the Yankees and Rays before the playoffs. The Blue Jay's are playing good baseball at a time when the Mariners and the Rays are struggling. The Mariners have lost 6 of their last 10 games. Matt Chapman is coming to life and Bo Bichette is on a hot streak.

The Rays are in contention for the Wild Card spot. The Mariners are struggling after getting swept by the A*tros. Shane McClanahan is day-to-day with neck tightness. The Rays have a big series against the Blue Jays this weekend. They may decide the top two Wild Cards spots. This might be the year the wheels finally fall off for this team.

The Seattle Mariners are in the middle of the pack in their division. They have lost 6 of their last 10 games. The math is in favor of them, but they are still in danger of being eliminated. Julio Rodríguez is getting an MRI in Kansas City before the start of a weekend series. The team has been struggling with injuries and lackluster offense, though the pitching rotation has remained solid. Jarred Kelenic looked fantastic in his first game back with the big club.

The Orioles are in the playoff race but are all but eliminated. They have lost two series in a row, one to the Blue Jays and the other to Tigers. Next year they have a murderer's row of opponents, with a series against Boston, the Yankees, Blue Jay and Astros left on their schedule.

The Chicago White Sox have a .8% chance of making the postseason and a 1% of winning the World Series.

The White Sox lost to the Guardians and are all but eliminated from the playoffs. This was supposed to be a season of improvement for the team. They won the one-game series against the Guardian and two out of three from Tigers.