Thursday, May 1, 2014

MLB Update

We are one month into baseball season, so this is a good time to check on the standings.  Each team's chances of making the playoffs, according to Fangraphs.com, is in parentheses.  Teams with a less than 10 percent chance are in italics.  It's still early, but here are a few questions to ponder:

1.  What's up with the Brewers?
2.  What's wrong with the Reds?
3.  Can the A's hold off the Rangers and the Angels?
4.  How about that wide-open AL East?
5.  The Brewers?  What's that all about?
6.  How can the Nats win the NL East when they can't beat Atlanta?  Or stay healthy?
7.  Are the Dodgers tough enough to win a pennant race with San Francisco?
8.  Is this finally Detroit's year?
9.  Whatever happened to Arizona?
10.  How about those Brewers?

AMERICAN LEAGUE:
Oakland (70.0 %):  18-10  ---
Detroit (82.8 %):  14-9  1 1/2
New York (32.5 %):  15-11  2
Kansas City (22.5 %):  14-12  3
Texas (33.7 %):  15-13  3
Los Angeles (33.4 %):  14-13  3 1/2
Baltimore (7.9 %):  12-12  4
Minnesota (0.9 %):  12-12  4
Chicago (2.5 %):  14-15  4 1/2
Boston (54.8 %):  13-14  4 1/2
Toronto (15.7 %):  12-15  5 1/2
Seattle (11.2 %):  11-14  5 1/2
Tampa Bay (20.5 %):  11-16  6 1/2
Cleveland (11.7 %):  11-17  7
Houston (0.0 %):  9-19  9

NATIONAL LEAGUE:
Milwaukee (50.1 %):  20-8  ---
Atlanta (54.7 %):  17-9  2
San Francisco (48.1 %):  17-11  3
New York (3.3 %):  15-11  4
Washington (67.6 %):  16-12  4
Los Angeles (68.4 %):  15-12  4 1/2
Colorado (17.4 %):  16-13  4 1/2
St. Louis (53.4 %):  15-14  5 1/2
Philadelphia (6.1 %):  13-13  6
Miami (3.9 %):  13-14  6 1/2
San Diego (6.2 %):  13-16  7 1/2
Cincinnati (10.0 %):  12-15  7 1/2
Pittsburgh (9.1 %):  10-16  9
Chicago (0.6 %):  9-17  10
Arizona (1.0 %):  9-22 12 1/2

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