The line between contenders and non-contenders becomes clearer after the annual trade deadline, but there are inevitably still a handful of teams that will reside on the fringe of contention heading into September.

Even after trading their closer, Ryan Helsley, as well as Steven Matz and Phil Maton, the Cardinals are still within striking distance in the NL Wild Card race. They get the Rockies to begin the week before a series against the scuffling Yankees, so there’s opportunity this week.

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Its Tuesday, August 12 and the Mariners (66-53) are in Baltimore to open a series against the Orioles (53-65). George Kirby is slated to take the mound for Seattle against Dean Kremer for Baltimore. Only the Milwaukee Brewers are hotter than the Seattle Mariners.