Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 22, 2008
Two Good Weeks

The Tigers downed the Padres this afternoon 5-3. Starting June 7, the Tigers are 12-3, the best record in the majors. The Yankees are right behind them at 11-4. Both squads got off to poor starts this season, but given enough time and adjustments, they're both hitting their strides.

The Tigers have scored 82 runs in their 15 games, better than five per game. More importantly, they've allowed just 56 runs, less than four per game. The pitching was a bigger problem than the offense, and now both are playing extremely well. Detroit could be just five games out by the end of the night, and the White Sox are losing 5-0 to the Cubs.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:02 PM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
Comments

of course, you can only play the teams that are on your schedule, but it makes me laugh how everyone is saying that the Yankees are back on track. After losing the first three games of June, the Yankees have played:
Toronto
KC
Oakland
Houston
San Diego
Cincinnati

That is four last-place teams, a team 1/2 game out of last, and only one team over .500; they lost 2 of 3 from the Reds at home. 11-4 is a whole lot better than 4-11, but really, is this team playing well, or just beating up on the dogs. It won't be clear for a while as they face the Pirates, Mets and Rangers next.

As for the Tigers, they too have taken advantage of a weak schedule. Yes, they did sweep Chicago, but they have also pounded the NL west...

what's up with the NL? I thought they were supposed to be gaining on the AL dominance. So far, the NL has a 71-96 or .425 record in interleauge play. And the NL west is a horrible 19-35, .352 -- and that's with Colorado going 7-2. The other four teams are 12-33, .267.


Posted by: kvnmnnng at June 23, 2008 12:00 AM
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