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AsFan89
As an A’s fan, I’ve been watching this “race” closely for over a month. It’s very weird to want your team to lose.
Tim Dierkes
Race to the bottom!
sportingdissent
It’s crazy how down the National League is. The five worst records in baseball, with almost every team in the NL being bad. It’s no wonder NL teams with so many deficiencies are challenging for 90+ wins. I’m not sure anyone in the NL but the Cards and the Mets truly belongs in the playoffs.
Dave 41
Ummm Pirates? Cubs? Dodgers? While there are a bunch of bad teams, there are a bunch of good ones as well
seamaholic 2
This. Just more extremes in the NL, whereas the AL is all pretty much mediocre. I would argue five of seven top teams in baseball are in NL, with only Blue Jays and Royals, and not sure about Blue Jays.
AsFan89
It doesn’t necessarily mean AL teams are mediocre. It just that their talent is more balanced. Who’s to say the a team like the Astros wouldn’t be the best team in the NL, or that the Cardinals would be in second place in the AL East?
Ray Ray
I think logic and common sense says that the Cardinals, with the best record in the majors by far, would not be the second place team in the AL East.
AsFan89
Common sense, yeah. Logic, not so much. They have the best record in baseball because they’ve been playing teams in the NL. Are the Cardinals that good, or are the other teams that bad? What is the NL had 14 teams like the Phillies and one team like the Angels? The Angels would probably win 110 games. Is that because they are good, or because the other 14 teams are bad? Either way though, it’s impossible to say.
stl_cards16 2
What if every team in baseball is bad?
AsFan89
*head explodes*
bruinsfan94 2
Maybe its the Bridgeport Bluefishs time to shine
tuner49
If each team plays 18 games against their division rivals,the Mets and the Nationals play 33% of their games against the two worst teams and the 5th worst team in the NL. The Nationals are still only 2 games above .500 after all that.
The Cards play against two bottom feeders and 2 teams that are near locks as the NL wild card teams. They seem to be in the strongest division in the NL. Not a Cards fan, but the record seems to speak for itself.
sportingdissent
No, those are very flawed teams with good records, likely more due to the lack of competition than anything. I’m not sure those teams are .500 teams every year.