White Sox Scenarios to Pull Off Miraculous Finish, Reach Playoffs

The White Sox are five games behind Cleveland in the AL Central and three games back in AL Wild Card race. Miguel Cairo is the acting manager in Tony La Russa's absence. The Guardians are overwhelming favorites in both the division and wild card race, FanGraphs reports. The Sox fell behind 2-0 in their first game Wednesday.

The White Sox need to finish one win better than Guardians to clinch AL Central.

Cleveland has a chance to reach playoffs if they finish with 85 wins.

Cleveland has a chance to reach playoffs if they finish with 86 wins.

Cleveland has a chance to finish with 87 wins. If they finish on a high note, they would beat the Guardians.

Cleveland has a chance to finish with 88 wins. If they finish at 89-73, they would be 13-1.

The Mariners entered Wednesday holding the American League’s final wild card spot. The White Sox won the season series and hold the tiebreaker.

Both Seattle and Chicago finish with 86 wins.

Both Seattle and Chicago finish with 87 wins.

Both the Mariners and the White Sox finish with 88 wins.

The White Sox are 13-1 with 89 wins. The Mariners are 7-7 with 90 wins with a better record. If the White Sells finish with an even better than expected record, they will pass the Guardians or Mariners.