MLB's Final Regular-Season Weekend Brings Playoff Races and Farewells Into Focus
With the season's last games approaching, ESPN offers a guide to the remaining playoff races and notable storylines before October begins.

Major League Baseball enters its final regular-season weekend with playoff and statistical races still unresolved, according to an ESPN guide to the closing days of the season.
The guide covers what ESPN describes as ongoing playoff and statistical races, along with notable player and team farewells, as teams close out the regular season before the postseason begins in October.
Specific teams still competing for playoff positioning, or the individual statistical races referenced, were not detailed in the available excerpt.
The guide is intended to help fans track the remaining games of significance before the regular season concludes.
MLB's postseason is set to follow shortly after the conclusion of the final weekend's games.
Further detail on which specific players or teams are the focus of the season farewells mentioned in the report was not included in the source material.
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