Most of the teams in the organization will be playing playoff baseball in September, below is how they shake out.
Las Vegas 51s - AAA Pacific Coast League
*Wally Backman named PCL Manager of the Year
Divisional Round - September 3-7
Championship Series - September 8-14
National Championship Game - September 15 in Charlotte
Las Vegas clinched their division and can finish with the best record in the league. They will meet either the Reno Aces (ARI) or Sacramento River Cats (OAK) in the first round in a best of five and be the home team for the first two games.
If they can win that series, they move on to a best of five against the American Conference Champions (either the Memphis Redbirds [STL] or Omaha Storm Chasers [KC]/Oklahoma City RedHawks [HOU])
The PCL champions would then move on to meet the International League champions in a single game Triple-A championship.
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Binghamton Mets - AA Eastern League
*As a team, they led their league in R, HR, RBI, BB, .OBP, .SLG, .AVG & .OPS & their pitching staff led the league in strikeouts
Divisional Round - September 3-7
Championship Series - September 9-13
The Dilson Herrera-less B-Mets will play the eastern division champion Portland Sea Dogs (BOS) in a five game series with the winner moving on to play the winner between the Richmond Flying Squirrels (SF) and Akron RubberDucks (CLE).
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St. Lucie Mets -- A+ Florida State League
*Missed playoffs by one game in the first half and 6.5 games in the second half.
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Savannah Sand Gnats -- A- South Atlantic League
*Clinched playoff spot in first half
In a 3-game series, the Sand Gnats will play the 2nd half division champion Asheville Tourists (COL) to determine the Southern Division Champion.
Game 1 - Wednesday
Game 2 - Friday
(if necessary) Game 3 - Saturday
The Northern championship will be decided between the Hagerstown Suns (WSH) and Greensboro Grasshoppers (MIA)
The SAL Championship series features the South vs. North in a best of five and begins Monday, September 8
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Brooklyn Cyclones -- Short Season A Ball, New York Penn League
The Cyclones are tied with the Connecticut Tigers (DET) at 40-34 with two regular season games to guy to determine the one wild card team. Brooklyn plays Staten Island both games and Connecticut is playing Lowell today & tomorrow.
Connecticut has the tiebreaker (head to head) over Brooklyn, so the Cyclones must win & rely on Lowell to help them out.
If Brooklyn makes the playoffs, this is the schedule (all 3 division champions have the same record- Hudson Valley (TB), State College (STL) and Tri-City (HOU):
September 3-5 is the best of three first round
September 7-9 is the best of three championship series (dates depend on how far teams must travel)
