Halfway Through. Thoughts?

[wayne1218]

Anaheim is 12th out of 14 teams in the AL in Team Era. They are better than Baltimore & Cleveland, that's it. You ain't winning nothing with pitching like that imo.

[BigMike]

I'll go with Phillies and the Angels.

[wayne1218]

I'll go with Phillies and the Angels.

You should vote TB because they are the reason why you won the WS last year. If they lose gm. 7 at home against Boston in the ALCS, the Phillies have no title!

[bryce]

Does this mean anything to anyone?

Los Angeles Angels .284 461 837 86 157 22 441 89 .348 .439 4.79 817 289 569 27 1.45
New York Yankees .276 495 846 132 176 13 471 61 .358 .471 4.54 762 325 657 25 1.38
Los Angeles Dodgers .275 443 843 76 159 17 419 74 .354 .413 3.58 677 342 669 26 1.27
Toronto Blue Jays .272 437 870 100 200 7 420 49 .337 .432 4.26 805 304 648 15 1.36
Tampa Bay Rays .271 476 824 111 188 17 452 133 .353 .453 4.18 777 292 606 22 1.36
New York Mets .270 375 791 52 163 18 353 82 .344 .391 4.33 782 343 558 25 1.45
Minnesota Twins .269 432 820 96 143 19 401 45 .342 .424 4.34 812 245 560 23 1.33
Baltimore Orioles .267 408 809 89 162 11 389 43 .330 .416 4.94 859 282 520 21 1.47
Houston Astros .267 368 794 71 150 23 350 61 .330 .405 4.21 807 293 626 21 1.40
Boston Red Sox .265 465 796 108 192 16 440 75 .352 .448 4.07 793 279 675 26 1.37
Washington Nationals .264 381 791 80 157 17 367 36 .345 .408 5.21 843 355 480 14 1.57
Chicago White Sox .263 407 778 103 137 11 392 59 .333 .422 4.16 767 287 619 22 1.36
San Francisco Giants .262 368 778 63 161 19 347 48 .312 .393 3.51 696 313 694 24 1.29
Philadelphia Phillies .261 460 774 122 173 15 443 64 .341 .452 4.61 809 290 612 23 1.41
Pittsburgh Pirates .261 374 774 62 168 23 363 50 .326 .396 4.33 765 317 472 20 1.41
Atlanta Braves .261 373 785 68 176 14 356 30 .332 .396 3.88 749 311 652 21 1.34
Seattle Mariners .261 348 781 84 150 11 334 56 .317 .403 3.73 728 307 587 28 1.31
Cleveland Indians .260 451 793 99 170 11 421 48 .345 .420 5.40 869 341 551 16 1.54
Detroit Tigers .259 418 754 104 127 18 401 44 .328 .422 4.09 755 326 610 20 1.41
Colorado Rockies .259 442 762 103 177 24 420 63 .339 .441 4.34 809 275 577 24 1.39
Florida Marlins .258 415 795 87 155 14 386 49 .327 .402 4.32 793 334 667 20 1.40
St. Louis Cardinals .255 403 772 92 165 15 382 41 .327 .411 3.76 775 265 567 24 1.29
Texas Rangers .255 430 762 132 165 16 409 73 .317 .454 4.34 787 294 488 24 1.39
Milwaukee Brewers .255 411 749 100 146 22 401 28 .339 .421 4.57 769 319 615 26 1.40
Kansas City Royals .251 346 745 76 147 32 330 47 .310 .399 4.40 768 300 605 17 1.38
Cincinnati Reds .248 356 732 81 147 16 338 51 .318 .391 4.26 765 335 575 22 1.40
Chicago Cubs .247 355 723 93 143 11 338 32 .322 .399 3.83 709 333 662 20 1.35
Arizona Diamondbacks .247 395 756 88 172 25 373 69 .323 .406 4.31 833 294 639 20 1.39
Oakland Athletics .246 361 721 70 142 8 346 54 .316 .371 4.24 779 288 589 19 1.38
San Diego Padres .233 334 690 79 137 15 320 38 .311 .370 4.70 786 318 627 24 1.40

Last updated through games completed on Jul 12, 2009

[wayne1218]

What, they have the best BA? Does that mean more than runs scored and what wins titles? Pitching, hitting or both? I'm guessing BA is way down the list.

[bryce]

Look at the Cardinals Average vs the Walks hits innings pitched WHIP--their pitching is keeping them in it. It appears that most balanced team pitching and hitting is the Dodgers...

[wayne1218]

bryce, they are behind Boston, NY & TB in runs scored and their pitching is horribly worse.

[BigMike]

You should vote TB because they are the reason why you won the WS last year. If they lose gm. 7 at home against Boston in the ALCS, the Phillies have no title!

I know Wayne it had nothing to do with the Phillies. The Red Sox couldn't beat the Rays what makes you think they would have beat the Phillies?

[bryce]

What, they have the best BA? Does that mean more than runs scored and what wins titles? Pitching, hitting or both? I'm guessing BA is way down the list.

Of course it is---look where the Nats are at with batting average..they are in the top 12 or so...but their WHIP is one of the worst..

[wayne1218]

Look at the Cardinals Average vs the Walks hits innings pitched WHIP--their pitching is keeping them in it. It appears that most balanced team pitching and hitting is the Dodgers...

It's pretty close .

Runs scored - Boston 3rd, LA 7th
ERA - Boston 7th, LA 2nd

The Dodgers play in the weak ass NL West too.

[wayne1218]

I know Wayne it had nothing to do with the Phillies. The Red Sox couldn't beat the Rays what makes you think they would have beat the Phillies?

They dominate the NL.

[bryce]

bryce, they are behind Boston, NY & TB in runs scored and their pitching is horribly worse.

Are you talking about the Dodgers??

[wayne1218]

Of course it is---look where the Nats are at with batting average..they are in the top 12 or so...but their WHIP is one of the worst..

Bryce, We have all said and seen it. Defense wins Championships in Football and Pitching wins in baseball. When you go against dominant 3 man rotation in the postseason, those averages will be put to sleep and on the other side, the offense from the AL East will bash that weak Anaheim staff.

[wayne1218]

Are you talking about the Dodgers??

Anaheim

[BigMike]

They dominate the NL.

I would have gladly played the Phillies at a nice price. I'm pretty confident I would still have the same signature posted.