Just took 2 of 3 from the Yankees, the only team left on the schedule that's "fighting" for a playoff spot.

Only 20 games left in the season.  Only 7 wins are needed to avoid losing 100 games....or 14 losses to clinch 100 loss season.  The rest of the schedule sees the following:

Texas (2 games):  Probably the most legitimate competitor, but still only 2 more games and they're worst than the Yankees.

LAnaheim (8 games):  You'd think we would have a tough time against this team but they're going to clinch the division by the time they reach us, which means they're going to spend more time keeping their players as healthy as possible than anything.

Kansas City (4 games): 18-28 since the All-Star Break.  They kinda suck.

Oakland (6 games): 14-33 since the All-Star Break (worst in the majors).  Boy, they really suck.

Pretty good schedule for winning, crappy schedule for losing.  If that's not enough:

1) More starts by the potential new 1-2 punch in Felix and Morrow.
2) More starts by competent back-end rotation starters in RRS, Feierabend.
3) Limited starts by the Trio of Sucktitude in Silva, Washburn, and Batista due to injuries/suckage.
4) Beltre's luck progressing to the mean.
5) Raul's still flipping out.

Hard to see less than 7 wins out of this bunch the rest of the way.  The historical embarassment of losing 100-games would've been interesting but the chances of that happening are getting slimmer and slimmer.