With the MLB trade deadline behind us, the playoff picture is starting to take focus. What of the AL Wild Card race as a whole, with three AL West teams — the Astros, Rangers and Mariners — all in the mix? In the National League, the Cubs have a stranglehold on the first NL Wild Card spot, but can the Phillies and Diamondbacks hold on? Boston is on another seven-game winning streak of their own, and could overtake the Yankees atop the AL Wild Card standings soon enough. As for the rest of the Wild Card contenders, the Phillies and Diamondbacks are the favorites to wind up with those final two spots.