Ten games in, and it's just as we all suspected. Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool were the clear top three heading into the Premier League season, and Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool are the current top three. In other words, you could've taken a two-month nap the night before the Liverpool vs. Bournemouth season-opener and you wouldn't have really missed anyth-- OK, fine. Beyond the top three in the table, pretty much nothing has gone to plan.
Boston entered Thursday with their magic number to secure a postseason bid down to one - meaning that all the Red Sox needed was a win over the Blue Jays or an Astros loss to the Athletics to punch their ticket to the playoffs for the first time since 2021. But fortune didn't fall on Boston's side Thursday, as the Red Sox fell to the Blue Jays, 6-1, at Rogers Centre - while Houston kept their playoff hopes alive by beating Oakland, 11-5.