SAN FRANCISCO -- It's been a thrilling stretch for the Giants, but they actually are not atop the leaderboard in terms of the greatest shift in playoff odds over the past week. That honor belongs to a franchise legend.

From last Thursday through this Thursday, Bruce Bochy's Texas Rangers saw their postseason odds improve by about 12 percent, per Baseball-Reference's formula. The Rangers won six straight before dropping a couple to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday and Wednesday, but they also got plenty of help. The Seattle Mariners currently hold the third and final Wild Card spot in the American League and they dropped two of three in Cleveland last weekend before getting swept by the Rays this week.

In the National League, the Giants are hoping for a similar collapse from the pack i

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