Takeaways from MLB Week 16

With more than two months of games left to be played, the playoff picture is far from decided.

But when the field is set for October’s MLB Playoffs, we may look back at the end of July as an ultimate determinant in which teams earned the right to vie for a World Series.

Among them quite possibly could be the news this week that Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw may need back surgery. There isn’t a pitcher in MLB who has had a better season and no arm more important to a team’s success.

Which teams got more positive news that could help alter various playoff races?

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