Daily AL EAST update

[Mudge]

Daily AL EAST update
 
Monday's results
Boston Red Sox12 Baltimore Orioles 2
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Tampa Bay Rays 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 8 New York Yankees 2
 
Current Standings
1. Boston ---
2. Toronto - 2
3. Baltimore -3  
4. New York -5
 
Today's games (Tuesday 9-13)
 Tampa Bay at Toronto
Baltimore at Boston
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York

 

[Pugz]

this is a good idea, man

 

[Giantmetfan07]

I like this idea. Might do it with the NL wild card.

 

[elcheato]

Boston is the best team in the AL, should wrap this up with ease

 

[Phil The Thrill]

What? I wish we were

 

[brett05]

Boston is the best team in the AL, should wrap this up with ease

I'm not sure they are the best team in the East.  I'd take Texas for sure over the Red Sox.  Possibly the Indians as well.

 

[bosoxlover12]

lol aside for the fact that Dan was clearly trolling, I don't really see the argument for Texas over Boston, aside for "they have more wins"
 
 
Between Boston and Texas, the Sox have the more hits, runs, RBIs, walks, batting average, OPS, and less strikeouts offensively, and pitching wise Boston has the lower ERA, more strikeouts, less walks, hits, runs, HRs, etc.
 
 
Texas has five more wins, which can easily be accounted for by the far easier division. 
 
Cleveland will be tough, but I'm not scared of Texas at all

 

[Phil The Thrill]

deep down, dan has a soft spot for the red sox.

 

[elcheato]

I'm not trolling. Their offense is too good, pitching has been better. I think the Indians could have been tough on them but our rotation aside from Kluber has been struggling, and it's unlikely that Salazar returns to the rotation for the playoffs

 

[Phil The Thrill]

don't worry, if we matchup, just get to our bullpen

 

[Mudge]

Daily AL EAST update
 
Tuesday's results
Orioles 6 Red Sox 3 (Baltimore pounds out 3 more home runs -- MLB leading 231 -- for all their scoring)
Rays 6 Blue Jays 2 (Alexei Ramirez put away the Jays with 1 HR & 3 RBI)
Yankees 3 Dodgers 0 (Sabathia goes 6 1/3, 3 hits, 0 runs, but doesn't get the win).
 
Current Standings
1. Boston Red Sox---
2. Toronto Blue Jays - 2
3. Baltimore Orioles -2
4. New York Yankees -4
 
Today's games (Wednesday 9-13)
 Tampa Bay at Toronto
Baltimore at Boston
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York

 

[brett05]

lol aside for the fact that Dan was clearly trolling, I don't really see the argument for Texas over Boston, aside for "they have more wins"
 
 
Between Boston and Texas, the Sox have the more hits, runs, RBIs, walks, batting average, OPS, and less strikeouts offensively, and pitching wise Boston has the lower ERA, more strikeouts, less walks, hits, runs, HRs, etc.
 
 
Texas has five more wins, which can easily be accounted for by the far easier division. 
 
Cleveland will be tough, but I'm not scared of Texas at all

The argument is quite easy.  Are the Red Sox even a .500 team against the teams that play .500 or better?  The Rangers are 28-30 games over .500 against those upper echelon teams.  That pretty much shows against who the Red Sox have been feasting on.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

The way I see it, this season is a win-win.
 
Playoffs, great.
 
If we miss, Farrell is gone.

 

[bosoxlover12]

The argument is quite easy.  Are the Red Sox even a .500 team against the teams that play .500 or better?  The Rangers are 28-30 games over .500 against those upper echelon teams.  That pretty much shows against who the Red Sox have been feasting on.

Versus the teams that are effectively still in the playoff run (BOS, BAL, NYY, TOR, TEX, SEA, DET, CLE in the AL, WAS, NYM, CHC, STL, LAD, SF for the NL)

Boston is 39-36, Texas is 37-34. That's a 52.0% win percentage versus a 52.1% win percentage. That's hardly conclusive evidence saying Texas is "for sure" better than Boston

 

[brett05]

Versus the teams that are effectively still in the playoff run (BOS, BAL, NYY, TOR, TEX, SEA, DET, CLE in the AL, WAS, NYM, CHC, STL, LAD, SF for the NL)

Boston is 39-36, Texas is 37-34. That's a 52.0% win percentage versus a 52.1% win percentage. That's hardly conclusive evidence saying Texas is "for sure" better than Boston

Any team over .500 is in the playoff run. 

 

[bosoxlover12]

No they arent lol

You only are saying that too, because the Astros are awful against good teams. Boston averages 7 runs per game versus them, but we only played them in 2 series, not 6 like Texas. It's a statistical outlier for a team that is currently 6th in the Wild Card chase and absolutely will not make the playoffs

I'd put the cutoff at 77 wins for being playoff relevant

 

[CameronCrazy06]

The Astros would be in that category if they could beat Texas though haha

 

[bosoxlover12]

I mean maybe. Or just if Boston played them as much

It skews Texas' win percentage to a ridiculous amount

 

[Phil The Thrill]

I wish both the athletics and angels were in the al east instead of toronto and baltimore

 

[Mudge]

Daily AL EAST update
 
Wednesday's results
Orioles 1 Red Sox 0 (Gausman silences the Red Sox; Porcello takes the tough loss)
Rays 8 Blue Jays 1
Dodgers 2 Yankees 0 (Kershaw pitches 5)
 
Thursday's Results
Red Sox 7 Yankees 5 (3-run walk-off home run by Hanley Ramirez saves the day for the Sox)
Rays 7 Orioles 6 (Orioles with no homers, their bread and butter)
Blue Jays 7 Angels 2 (Happ is closing in on 20 wins)
 
Current Standings
1. Boston Red Sox---
2. Toronto Blue Jays -2 
3. Baltimore Orioles -2
4. New York Yankees -5
 
Today's games (Friday 9-16)
New York at Boston
Tampa Bay at Baltimore
Toronto at LAA