The Guardians hope a strong finish pushes them into a wild card spot for the MLB playoffs. Here's where they sit in the AL wild card standings.

Here are MLB magic numbers, remaining schedules and tiebreakers for contenders through Saturday, Sept. 20, along with playoff matchups if Wild Card Series began Sunday, Sept. 21.

The Cleveland Guardians shouldn't have been able to dig out of the ditch they were in. But somehow, with a week left in the regular season, they officially reside in a playoff spot. The Saturday combinations worked out that Cleveland woke up Sunday morning in the third and final AL Wild Card spot, just ahead of the Houston Astros via tiebreaker.

Less than a month ago, the Cleveland Guardians' playoff hopes appeared to be unmistakably on life support. They trailed the Detroit Tigers by 12.5 games on Aug.

The Guardians are currently using a six-man rotation. Out of those six, who would you pick to pitch in a best-of-three wild card series?

Cleveland has won eight consecutive games and 14 of its last 15 contests to play itself back into the Wild Card and Divisional races in the American League.  A sweep of the Detroit Tigers earlier this week was so crucial in Cleveland's chances,