The Chronicle’s Glenn Dickey prognosticates on Bay Area baseball’s post-season chances (hint: not much).

The A’s problem is that they’re in a league that has great quality at the top. In whatever order you put them, the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Anaheim Angels are probably the three best teams in baseball. Not coincidentally, they are also the three teams with the highest payrolls, roughly two to three times that of the A’s.

To get to the postseason, the A’s either would have to beat out the Angels for the AL West title, or the Yankees or Red Sox, whichever is second in the AL East, for the wild card. Not likely.

The Giants don’t have that kind of problem because 88-89 wins probably will take the NL West this year, but even that appears out of reach for this team. The Giants problem is … well, the Giants.

It’s been a depressing season so far. Sure, things could turn around in a flash – look what happened to the Yankees last week. Ooh, bad example.