Let's take a look at how everyone's doing so far, as we hit the roughly 15% mark of the season. Give it a read, and then give it the opinions!
Team Pct RFAvg RAAvg Diff Rank
Top 10: Contender or pretender?
Rsox 0.727 5.9 5.0 0.9 7
*2nd ranked for offense, 21st best allowed. This is the definition of unsustainable. Pretender.
Nats 0.727 5.6 3.7 1.9 2
*5th best offense, 4th best allowed. Potential for success remains high. Contender.
Yanks 0.714 6.0 3.5 2.6 1
*Best offense, 2nd best allowed. Probably underperforming on a .714 win % (!). Contender.
Rockies 0.682 5.5 4.9 0.6 10
*7th best offense, 15th best allowed. 4th best record, 10th best team. Something's off. Pretender.
Tigers 0.652 5.8 4.5 1.3 5
*3rd best offense, 12th best allowed. 5th best differential, 5th best record. Right on pace. Contender.
Cards 0.636 4.7 3.5 1.1 6
*17th best offense, 3rd best allowed. 2nd worst offense in top 10 teams, but right on pace for differential. Contender.
Twins 0.591 5.5 4.7 0.7 9
*7th best offense, 13th best allowed. This position may be slightly high, but no question a top 10 team right now. Title though? Pretender.
M's 0.591 4.6 4.2 0.4 13
*18th best offense, 9th best allowed. Reminds me of a song. "Oh yes, I'm the great PRETENDER."
Pirates 0.591 5.0 3.3 1.7 3
*12th best offense, best allowed. Another team scarily underplaying their differential still with a good record. Contender.
Pads 0.591 5.8 4.9 0.9 7
*4th best offense, 16th best allowed. Very solid run differential. Probably exactly where they should be. But a champion? Pretender.
Middle 10: Rise, Fall, or Stay?
Giants 0.571 4.4 3.8 0.6 11
*20th best offense, 5th best allowed. Strong run differential and rough offensive start but upside. Rise.
ChiSox 0.545 4.5 4.2 0.3 15
*19th best offense, 9th best allowed. Need to find more runs. Differential tells me they are what they are. Stay.
Reds 0.545 5.6 4.2 1.4 4
*5th best offense, 7th best allowed. Grossly underperforming on a .545 winning percentage. 4th best diff in league. Rise.
Phillies 0.524 5.3 5.0 0.3 14
*10th best offense, 17th best allowed. They look to be right on pace, but something tells me there's an extra gear here. Rise.
Mets 0.500 4.4 4.5 -0.1 17
*21st best offense, 11th best allowed. Probably the very definition of where they should be. Stay.
Rays 0.455 5.1 5.4 -0.2 18
*11th best offense, 24th best defense. They need to stop someone some baseball before this record tumbles. Or keep slugging. Fall.
Rangrs 0.455 4.3 4.8 -0.5 20
*22nd best offense, 14th best offense. The offense will turn in Arlington, if the pitching holds this is a team to watch. Rise.
Marlins 0.455 4.8 5.3 -0.5 21
*15th best offense, 23rd best pitching. I know their pitching is better than this. The stats may say Fall, but I say Rise.
D-Back 0.455 4.9 5.0 -0.1 16
*14th best offense, 19th best allowed. Run differential suggests they are precisely where they should be. Stay.
Dodgrs 0.455 3.8 4.0 -0.2 19
*26th best offense, 6th best allowed. If they find some hitting (any hitting) this could shoot up quickly. Come on up for the RISEing (sic).
Bottom 10: Dead or Alive
Jays 0.435 5.4 5.0 0.4 12
*9th best offense, 20th best allowed. The only positive run differential in the bottom 16. Definitely Alive.
Astros 0.429 4.2 5.4 -1.2 26
*24th best offense, 25th best allowed. Can't score. Can't stop the other team from scoring. I just kicked it...it's Dead.
Royals 0.409 4.9 5.8 -0.9 22
*13th best offense, 28th best allowed. Can score. Can't stop others any worse than they have. On a respirator, but barely Alive.
A's 0.391 3.3 4.3 -0.9 23
*29th best offense, 10th best allowed. Complete opposite of Royals. Thusly, on a respirator, but barely Alive.
O's 0.364 3.8 5.0 -1.1 25
*26th best offense, 19th best allowed. Well it's not as dead as some, but not really scoring and not really stopping. So really kind of Dead.
Brew 0.364 4.0 6.0 -2.0 29
*25th best offense. Worst allowed. Well if you aren't scoring runs...and you're epically not stopping runs...you're dead.
Angels 0.348 4.3 5.6 -1.3 27
*23rd best offense, 26th best allowed. I'm really struggling for finding new ways to say that can't score and can't stop. Dead.
Cubs 0.348 4.8 5.7 -0.9 24
*16th best offense, 27th best allowed. If they can find any sort of pitching, they've got a shot. Flicker of a heartbeat, but Alive.
Indians 0.333 3.5 5.2 -1.7 28
*28th best offense, 22nd best defense. A ghastly -1.7 run differential. Not really the formula for (any) success. Dead.
Braves 0.136 2.5 5.9 -3.5 30
*Worst offense, 29th best allowed. Normally a .136 would be better than their record, but they may be outplaying their differential. Very Dead.
Run Differential Look - 4/29
Moderator: Yankees
