How do you clinch playoff birth in mlb?

Question

yeah i was just wondering how do you clinch playoff birth in the mlb?

Answer 1

Well you clinch the division by being more games ahead in the lose column of the next best team than there are games left.

For example: Say the Red Sox have a 94-62 record and the Yankees have lost 69 games.  Since the Red Sox have 6 games left the most they can lose is 68 games so the Red Sox would have clinched the division.  The Yankees could still clinch the Wild Card however depending on how many losses the other teams have.

Answer 2

What Paul V said.  

Answer 3

Win your division or have the best record out of the non-division winners

Answer 4

each team with the best record in their corresponding division (East, Central, West) is guaranteed a birth and then the team with the next bezt record in that whole league (AL and NL) is granted a birth with the Wild Card