A Tally of League Standings Leaders Heading Into September: SportsDelve’s Andrew McKillop counted how many times each team had the best record in the league on 9/1 — and how often they were able to convert that into a pennant.

Resetting the Division Races ($): BP checks in on the division races in the American League and National League with the help of PECOTA’s playoff odds.

15 Teams Are Within Five Games Of First Place. What Does This Mean?: Al Yellon of Baseball Nation went through every season since 1995 and looked at how many teams were within striking distance of 1st place at the break. Does this year’s situation typically lead to 2nd-half excitement?