Wednesday, May 2, 2012

MLB Update

The first month of the baseball season is over, so it's time to check on how everyone is doing.  Here are the standings by league.  The percentage next to each team's name is its chance of making the playoffs, as estimated by coolstandings.com.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
1. Los Angeles (61.4%)      17-8     ---
2. St. Louis (85.0%):           15-8      1
3. Washington (43.4%)     14-9      2
4. Atlanta (48.7%)              14-10    2 1/2
5. Arizona (50.1%)             13-11    3 1/2
6. San Francisco (32.4%)    12-11    4
7.  New York (9.9%)           13-12   4
T8. Philadelphia (53.1%)      12-12   4 1/2
T8. Colorado (18.5%)          12-12   4 1/2
T8. Cincinnati (27.6%)         11-11   4 1/2
11.  Milwaukee (21.4%)       11-13   5 1/2
12.  Houston (18.5%)           11-14   6
13.  Pittsburgh (8.1%)           10-13   6
14.  Miami (7.1 %)                9-14     7
15.  Chicago (7.6%)              8-15     8
16.  San Diego (7.3%)           8-17     9

The Nats actually started 14-4, but they have now lost five straight.  The Cardinals don't seem to be missing Pujols very much.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
1.  Texas (93.8%)               17-8     ---
2.  Tampa Bay (64.5%)       16-8        1/2
3.  Baltimore (33.6%)          15-9     1 1/2
4.  New York (60.1%)        13-10    3
5.  Toronto (36.8%)            14-11    3
6.  Cleveland (23.5%)         11-10    4
7.  Chicago (40.6%)           12-11    4
8.  Detroit (54.5%)             12-12    4 1/2
9.  Oakland (12.5%)          12-13    5
10.  Boston (34.1%)             11-12    5
11.  Seattle (7.9%)                11-14    6
12.  Los Angeles (23.1%)      9-15     7 1/2
13.  Kansas City (12.3%)      7-16     9
14.  Minnesota (2.8%)           6-17    10

If Texas wins the pennant for the third year in a row, where will they rank in baseball history?  And can America deal with a third consecutive Texas/Tampa Bay playoff series?

1 comment:

  1. Could it be that we Oakland fans are wrapped in one of those seemingly strangest of A's seasons, middle-of-the-pack?

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