​UPDATE: Here is LINK to magic numbersthrough Wednesday, Sept. 9 games***NEW YORK — With baseball’s regular season down to less than three weeks, the first postseason berths could be wrapped up by Thursday.The Tampa Bay Rays, leaders in the AL East, reduced their magic number for clinching at least a wild card to three Tuesday night with a 7-1 win over the NL East-leading Braves in Atlanta. The Rays will be in if they beat the Braves again Wednesday and Thursday plus the Blue Jays lose Wednesday to the Athletics in Sacramento, Calif.The Brewers, Dodgers and Yankees’ magic numbers for clinching also are in single digits.The NL Central-leading Brewers’ magic number is four for the playoffs and seven for the division after a 4-3 home win in 10 innings over the second-place Cubs, who are nine games back with 16 to play.The Dodgers’ magic number for clinching the NL West dropped to seven with a 3-2 win over the Reds at Dodger Stadium. With Aaron Judge going 0-for-3 in his first game since May 31, the Yankees’ magic number for a postseason spot fell to seven with a 5-3 win over the Rockies at Yankee Stadium. The Yanks trail the Rays by four games in their division, but have a three-game lead on the Red Sox for the first AL wild card.Here’s a look at magic numbers plus the remaining schedules for the contenders through Tuesday, Sept. 8, along with playoff matchups if the postseason began on Wednesday, Sept. 9:AL EASTTAMPA BAY RAYS (86-58)Standings: First in AL East. Lead second-place Yankees 4 games.Tiebreakers: Season series with Red Sox tied 5-5; Rays lead season series with Yankees 6-3; Rays won season series with Blue Jays 9-4; Rays won season series with Guardians 5-1; Rays won season series with Rangers 4-3.Magic number to clinch AL East: 15Magic number to clinch playoffs: 3Games remaining: 18 (9 home, 9 road).Rays schedule:Sept. 9-10: at Braves (2)Sept. 11-13: Astros (3)Sept. 15-17: Athletics (3)Sept. 18-20: Red Sox (3)Sept. 22-24: at Yankees (4)Sept. 25-27: at Phillies (3)NEW YORK YANKEES (82-62)Standings: Second in AL East. Trail first-place Rays by 4 games. First in AL wild-card standings. Lead Red Sox by 3 games for first AL wild card. Lead Blue Jays by 10 games for third wild card.Tiebreakers: Yankees trail season series with Rays 6-3; Yankees won season series Red Sox 7-6; Yankees won season series with Blue Jays 7-6; Yankees won season series with Guardians 4-2; Yankees won season series with Rangers 4-2.Magic number to clinch playoffs: 7Games remaining: 19 (12 home, 7 road).Yankees schedule:Sept. 9-10: Rockies (2)Sept. 11-13: Mets (3)Sept. 14-16: at Twins (3)Sept. 18-20: at Diamondbacks (3)Sept. 22-24: Rays (4)Sept. 25-27: Orioles (3)BOSTON RED SOX (80-66)Standings: Third in AL East. Trail first-place Rays by 7 games. Second in AL wild-card standings. Trail Yankees by 3 games for first AL wild card. Lead Blue Jays by 7 games for third AL wild card.Tiebreakers: Red Sox lost season series with Blue Jays 9-4; Red Sox lead season