Just a few days left in the MLB regular season, and we still don’t quite know which eight teams will make the playoffs. The American League foursome is set (presumably with New York in the Wild Card), but the leaders in the National League are all limping to the finish line.

The top favorites are the Yankees at 2-1, followed by the Boston Red Sox at 3-1. Now that the Yanks are in, they’re arguably the team to beat; Boston’s pitching is better, but that advantage shrinks considerably once the Yanks shorten their starting rotation.

The Phillies (10-1) might have the best shot in the NL. They’ve scored the most runs in the senior circuit, they’ve won 10 of their last 13 as of press time, and you can do worse than a three-man rotation of Cole Hamels, Kyle Kendrick and Kyle Lohse. Somehow, I don’t see that intimidating the Yanks or Sox.