As the first two matchups between Detroit and Cleveland have come and passed week, the Guardians continue to pull off a miraculous division comeback. They claimed a 5-2 win against Tarik Skubal on Tuesday night, putting themselves tied in record with Detroit, then beat the Tigers again 5-1 on Wednesday.

The Guardians seek a second straight trip to the MLB playoffs. Here's where they sit in the the AL Central Division and AL wild card standings.

Cleveland seeks its 15th playoff appearance since 1995. The magic number to clinch a playoff bid is 2. Any combination of Houston losses and Guardians wins that adds up to 2 will put the Guards in the postseason for the third time in the last four years and fourth in the last six.

The Cleveland Guardians can't win every single game, even if it felt like that the past three weeks. Thursday night was, well, a bummer for Guardians fans. The

The organization announced that 2025 postseason tickets will go on sale Friday, September 26 at 10 a.m. ET exclusively through CLEGuardians.com/tickets. The Guardians could host a Wild Card Round, which would be a best-of-three series played entirely at Progressive Field.

The Cleveland Guardians, sellers at the deadline and dead in the water at the plate most of the season, are on the verge of mimicking the Detroit Tigers' wild run to the playoffs last year – while putting this year's Tigers in peril of missing the postseason.

The Guardians continued to work their September magic, defeating the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Sept. 24 to move closer clinching the American League Central Division title. Cleveland is a game ahead of Detroit in the division standings.

Here are MLB magic numbers, remaining schedules and tiebreakers for contenders through Wednesday, Sept. 24, along with playoff matchups if Wild Card Series began Thursday, Sept. 25.