AL East 2016 thread

[molsaniceman]

1ST place Red Sox carry on

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Looks like the Jays and Giants are this year's Sox and Mets. Let the slide go on!

 

[navamind]

Delaney... did you see Regis this morning?

 

[soxfan1468927]

Since we went to three divisions (not including 1994), the closest 4 teams have finished was 2005 NL East when the Braves, Phillies, Marlins, and Mets finished within 7 games of first place. Plus the Nationals were just 9 games out at 81-81

 

[navamind]

Josh Beckett On Toucher & Rich: Red Sox 'Made Up' 2012 Injury, Left Him To Take Blame

 

[bksballer89]

 

[bksballer89]

Ellsbury leadoff the 8th with a walk in a tied game. He refuses to attempt a steal until a 2-2 count with 2 outs on Castro. What is the point of this guy if you're not going to attempt a steal in that situation? What a waste.

 

[bksballer89]

Walkoff HR by Tyler. 5 game win streak for the Yanks. Enter the weekend 2 GB out of the 2nd WC and 4 back in the division.

 

[bksballer89]

Win tomorrow and we'll either be tied with the tigers or 1 game back of both Baltimore and Detroit.

 

[bksballer89]

So the Red Sox run differential is +151. The Yankees run differential is -11.

Only 4 games separates the two teams. Doesn't even make sense

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Texas and Cleveland aren't anything to sneeze at this year. Both teams are going to be incredibly tough to overcome.

Meh. Cleveland's doing well to stay out in front of the Tigers, but their pitching is scaring me.

Heading into the ASB, they had a league-leading team ERA of 3.63 and the offense was scoring 4.95 R/G. Since then, Salazar and Tomlin have shit the bed, Bauer's been shaky and despite adding Andrew Miller, their bullpen hasn't been the lock-down machine that was expected. The offense has scored 4.92 R/G since the ASB, but the team ERA has been a league average 4.18.

They've got a little less than a month to sort these issues out, otherwise, they'll need a fair amount of luck if they want to go deep into the playoffs.

We'll see.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

So the Red Sox run differential is +151. The Yankees run differential is -11.

Only 4 games separates the two teams. Doesn't even make sense

Yankees are 24-9 in one run games. Compare that to the Red Sox at 16-20.

Defined by winning or losing by 5 or more runs, the Red Sox are 28-11 in "blowouts," compared to the Yankees at 16-19.

Those numbers go a long way to explain the run differential vs W/Ls numbers.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Meh. Cleveland's doing well to stay out in front of the Tigers, but their pitching is scaring me.

Heading into the ASB, they had a league-leading team ERA of 3.63 and the offense was scoring 4.95 R/G. Since then, Salazar and Tomlin have shit the bed, Bauer's been shaky and despite adding Andrew Miller, their bullpen hasn't been the lock-down machine that was expected. The offense has scored 4.92 R/G since the ASB, but the team ERA has been a league average 4.18.

They've got a little less than a month to sort these issues out, otherwise, they'll need a fair amount of luck if they want to go deep into the playoffs.

We'll see.

True, but none of the ALE teams can seem to get it right for a sustained amount of time right now. Toronto's once-vaunted offence can't hit for jack shit right now, Boston goes in and out of greatness, I have literally no idea what to expect from Baltimore's rotation from one day to the next and the Yankees aren't sure if they're spoilers or for real. At least Cleveland's got the consistency of first place down pat and are beating the teams they're supposed to beat.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yankees are 24-9 in one run games. Compare that to the Red Sox at 16-20.

Defined by winning or losing by 5 or more runs, the Red Sox are 28-11 in "blowouts," compared to the Yankees at 16-19.

Those numbers go a long way to explain the run differential vs W/Ls numbers.

Jays are blowing it hard in one-runners too. 15-23 (two of those have gone to the Yankees).

 

[navamind]

Yankees are 24-9 in one run games. Compare that to the Red Sox at 16-20.

Defined by winning or losing by 5 or more runs, the Red Sox are 28-11 in "blowouts," compared to the Yankees at 16-19.

Those numbers go a long way to explain the run differential vs W/Ls numbers.

Red Sox have also under-performed their pythag by 5 games. Some of which could be attributed to poor situational hitting (at least in the 2nd half) and a tire fire bullpen.

Red Sox rank among the best teams in the league going by BP's adjusted standings. They have the best 1st and 2nd order winning percentages in the AL, and they have the 2nd best 3rd order winning percentage (.635) in MLB behind only the Cubs (.699). Going by 2nd and 3rd order W-L%, the Cubs should be a 97-98 win team right now. Just insane.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Red Sox have also under-performed their pythag by 5 games. Some of which could be attributed to poor situational hitting (at least in the 2nd half) and a tire fire bullpen.

Red Sox rank among the best teams in the league going by BP's adjusted standings. They have the best 1st and 2nd order winning percentages in the AL, and they have the 2nd best 3rd order winning percentage (.635) in MLB behind only the Cubs (.699). Going by 2nd and 3rd order W-L%, the Cubs should be a 97-98 win team right now. Just insane.

That's good info. I hope the Indians fuck the Red Sox right out of the playoffs.

 

[navamind]

Nine Innings: Pedroia’s season is similar to his ’08 MVP year, but he has no shot at winning now

Pedroia's quietly having himself a great year. He's really come through in the 2nd half with the struggles of Bogaerts/JBJ (though Bradley's been hitting a lot better the last two weeks).

 

[navamind]

That's good info. I hope the Indians fuck the Red Sox right out of the playoffs.

 

[navamind]

Jays defense continues to impress.