Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 05, 2007
Tightening the Races

The Tigers and Indians both lost today, putting the Yankees just 1/2 game back in the Wild Card (tied with the Mariners, who also lost), but opening up the race to both Minnesota and Toronto. Since and including July 20th, the Tigers are 4-13, the worst record in the majors. But Detroit and Cleveland aren't the only losing teams in that time involved in the races. The Dodgers, Brewers, Indians, Padres and Mariners all own losing records in that time. On the other side, Arizona, Boston, the Yankees, Philadelphia and Toronto all won over 10 games in that time. So were the American League looked like a five team race for four spots, it's now a five team race for the wild card and close races in two division. All the divisions are close in the NL, with six teams no more than four games out of the wild card. With eight weeks to go, things are heating up.

Even in the AL East, the Yankees picked up the game a week they need to keep the division in site. They went 5-1 to Boston's 4-2 to end the period seven games out with eight weeks to play.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:42 PM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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I get the depressing feeling that the Yankees, with that +150 run diff, are going to run over Detroit and Seattle and everybody else for the wild card. Will it even be close by the end of August?

Maybe the Yanks' pitching, which is still only about league-average, will go south. Otherwise, it's hard to see that team missing the postseason, regardless of what happens in the division.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 6, 2007 08:47 AM

Maybe, Casey. The Yanks needed to run it up coming out of the break. The schedule was favorable, and they've done their job. Things start to get interesting in the coming weeks. I expect them to sink for several reasons. Torre first and foremost. He is always Vet obsessed. If he looks to jam Damon and Giambi into the lineup on a regular basis it will derail the team. He did it last season with Matsui and Shef. He'll do it again.

Posted by: abe at August 6, 2007 10:18 AM
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