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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not: in the Standings

Peter Schiller | May 07, 2008 | Comments 0

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As of today, 5 teams have topped 20 wins. Some of them you would expect: Red Sox, Angels and maybe even the Diamondbacks. But who would have envisioned the rebuilding A’s or the Cardinals with their injury-riddled rotation? Predictions: The Sox, Angels and Diamondbacks have the best shot out of these five to stay atop their divisions, but the A’s and Cardinals will drop to around .500.

Also, who would have thought that the Tigers would be in last place in the AL Central, let alone 6 games under .500? Prediction: although, after they catch up from their horrendous start, they will end up being an above .500 team, but still may not be on top of the division due to their poor bullpen and the lack of consistency to back end of the rotation.

Then you have the woes of San Diego who can’t seem to be able to hit their way out of a paper bag right now, despite some good pitching from their rotation (especially from Peavy, Young, Maddux and Wolf). Prediction: they will start hitting again and make this a closer race at the top of this division.

The opposite hold true for the Rockies who saw a turnaround in pitching stats last year given the adoption of “the Humidor”, but this year it seems as if only Cook is holding his own as the rest of the staff seems to be reverting back to the proto-typical Rockies statistics.

And who would have pegged Seattle, with the addition of Beddard alleviating some of the pressure from “King Felix”, to be in the basement of the AL West after the first month of play. Prediction: they will end the year in either 1^st or 2^nd place; the A’s can’t keep up this pace!

Another big surprise is how well the Marlins are playing and currently tied for first place with the Phillies who aren’t pitching nearly as well as the Marlins after a month of playing. Prediction: barring further injuries to the Atlanta pitching staff, the Marlins should finish the year behind the Phillies, Mets and Braves.

2008 American League - Standings
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston	22	13	.629	-
Tampa Bay	17	15	.531	3.5
NY Yankees	17	17	.500	4.5
Baltimore	16	17	.485	5
Toronto	16	18	.471	5.5
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB
Minnesota	16	15	.516	-
Chicago Sox	15	16	.484	1
Cleveland	15	17	.469	1.5
Kansas City	14	18	.438	2.5
Detroit	14	20	.412	3.5
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB
LA Angels	22	13	.629	-
Oakland	21	14	.600	1
Texas	14	20	.412	7.5
Seattle	14	20	.412	7.5

2008 National League - Standings
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB
Florida	18	14	.563	-
Philadelphia	19	15	.559	-
Atlanta	16	15	.516	1.5
NY Mets	16	15	.516	1.5
Washington	14	19	.424	4.5
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis	22	12	.647	-
Chicago Cubs	19	14	.576	2.5
Houston	17	16	.515	4.5
Milwaukee	16	16	.500	5
Pittsburgh	13	19	.406	8
Cincinnati	13	21	.382	9
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB
Arizona	22	11	.667	-
LA Dodgers	19	14	.576	3
San Francisco	14	19	.424	8
Colorado	12	21	.364	10
San Diego	12	21	.364	10