AL Central Watch

[biggunsbob]

Wildcard standings..

Baltimore 41 31 .569 -
TB 39 32 .549 -
LA Angels 40 33 .548 -
Boston 38 34 .528 1.5
Cleveland 37 34 .521 2
Toronto 37 35 .514 2.5
Detroit 35 37 .486 4.5
Oakland 35 38 .479 5
KC 31 39 .443 7.5
Seattle 31 43 .419 9.5
Minnesota 29 42 .408 10

 

[grandy]

Cleveland lost
Chicago losing to Minny
KC is spanking TB

 

[grandy]

The Tigers couldn't really ask for a better night.

2 back now

 

[tomdalton22]

I was looking at the standings....the last place team in the AL East would be in first in the AL central. Pretty pathetic.

 

[jas5lf]

The Twins are only 7.5 games out of first. lmao!

 

[spockmaster]

by pythagorean expected records, we should be 4 games back but in 2nd place (we are right where we should be but chicago is 2 games under where it says they should be...and cleveland should be 10 games under .500 in 4th place. bastards).

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2012-standings.shtml

 

[grandy]

Updated...Tigers lose and the Sux win.

 

[grandy]

Updated late, mainly because I hate updating after a loss.

 

[grandy]

July setup, moving to the first post as soon as the calendar turns

Current Standings
1. Chicago......40-35....--
2. Cleveland....37-37....2.5 GB
3. Detroit.......36-39.....4 GB
4. KC.............34-39.....5 GB
5. Minnesota...30-44.....9.5 GB

July Records
Chicago 0-0
Cleveland 0-0
Detroit 0-0
KC 0-0
Minnesota 0-0


July AL Central Battles
2-5 Minnesota @ Detroit
6-8 KC @ Detroit
13-15 Chicago @ KC
20-22 Chicago @ Detroit
20-22 Minnesota @ KC
23-25 Minnesota @ Chicago
24-26 Detroit @ Cleveland
27-29 Cleveland @ Minnesota
30-31 Chicago @ Minnesota
31 Cleveland @ KC


July Schedules

Chicago
1 @ NY Yankees
3-5 vs Texas
6-8 vs Toronto
13-15 @ KC
16-19 @ Boston
20-22 @ Detroit
23-25 vs Minnesota
27-29 @ Texas
30-31 @ Minnesota

Cleveland
1 @ Baltimore
2-4 vs LA Angels
5-8 vs Tampa
13-15 @ Toronto
16-19 @ Tampa
20-23 vs Baltimore
24-26 vs Detroit
27-29 @ Minnesota
31 @ KC

Detroit
1 @ Tampa
2-5 vs Minnesota
6-8 vs KC
13-15 @ Baltimore
16-19 vs LA Angels
20-22 vs Chicago
24-26 @ Cleveland
27-29 @ Toronto
30-31 @ Boston

KC
1 @ Minnesota
2-5 @ Toronto
6-8 @ Detroit
13-15 vs Chicago
16-19 vs Seattle
20-22 vs Minnesota
23-25 @ LA Angels
26-29 @ Seattle
31 vs Cleveland

Minnesota
1 vs KC
2-5 @ Detroit
6-8 @ Texas
13-15 vs Oakland
16-19 vs Baltimore
20-22 @ KC
23-25 @ Chicago
27-29 vs Cleveland
30-31 vs Chicago


Head-to-Head Records

Chicago
Cleveland 8-4
Detroit 4-4
KC 1-2
Minnesota 4-2

Cleveland
Chicago 4-8
Detroit 5-1
KC 5-4
Minnesota 3-2

Detroit
Chicago 4-4
Cleveland 1-5
KC 4-1
Minnesota 3-2

KC
Chicago 2-1
Cleveland 4-5
Detroit 1-4
Minnesota 2-3

Minnesota
Chicago 2-4
Cleveland 2-3
Detroit 2-3
KC 3-2

 

[grandy]

Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit all win =\

 

[grandy]

Chicago wins, Detroit falls to 5 back, KC only half a game behind us

 

[grandy]

June is in the books...keeping this around just because

June Records
Chicago 13-14
Cleveland 12-15
Detroit 14-13
KC 14-13
Minnesota 14-13


June AL Central Battles
1-3 Cleveland @ Minnesota (Minnesota 2-1)
4-6 Minnesota @ KC (Minnesota 2-1)
5-7 Cleveland @ Detroit (Cleveland 2-1)
25-27 Chicago @ Minnesota (Chicago 2-1)
29-30 KC @ Minnesota (Minnesota 2-1)


June Schedules

Chicago
1-3 vs Seattle (2-1)
5-7 vs Toronto (1-2)
8-10 vs Houston (1-2)
12-14 @ St. Louis (1-2)
15-17 @ LA Dodgers (1-2)
18-20 vs Chicago Cubs (1-2)
22-24 vs Milwaukee (2-1)
25-27 @ Minnesota (2-1)
28-30 @ NY Yankees (2-1)

Cleveland
1-3 vs Minnesota (1-2)
5-7 @ Detroit (2-1)
8-10 @ St. Louis (2-1)
12-14 @ Cincinnati (0-3)
15-17 vs Pittsburgh (1-2)
18-20 vs Cincinnati (3-0)
22-24 @ Houston (1-2)
25-27 @ NY Yankees (0-3)
28-30 @ Baltimore (2-1)

Detroit
1-3 vs NY Yankees (1-2)
5-7 vs Cleveland (1-2)
8-10 @ Cincinnati (2-1)
12-14 @ Chicago Cubs (2-1)
15-17 vs Colorado (2-1)
19-21 vs St. Louis (2-1)
22-24 @ Pittsburgh (1-2)
25-27 @ Texas (1-2)
28-30 @ Tampa Bay (2-1)

KC
1-3 vs Oakland (2-1)
4-6 vs Minnesota (1-2)
8-10 @ Pittsburgh (0-3)
12-14 vs Milwaukee (3-0)
15-17 @ St. Louis (2-1)
18-20 @ Houston (2-1)
22-24 vs St. Louis (0-3)
25-27 vs Tampa Bay (3-0)
29-30 @ Minnesota (1-2)

Minnesota
1-3 @ Cleveland (2-1)
4-6 @ KC (2-1)
8-10 vs Chicago Cubs (2-1)
12-14 vs Philadelphia (1-2)
15-17 vs Milwaukee (1-2)
19-21 @ Pittsburgh (1-2)
22-24 @ Cincinnati (2-1)
25-27 vs Chicago White Sox (1-2)
29-30 vs KC (2-1)

 

[grandy]

My AL Central Top Hitter in June

Trever Plouffe (Twins) - 26 G, 110 PA, 11 HR, 21 RBI, .327 AVG, .391 OBP, .735 SLG, 1.126 OPS, .457 wOBA, 195 wRC+, 1.6 WAR

My AL Central Top Starter in June (This was a tough one...Sale, Masterson, and Porcello were all pretty close)

Chris Sale (White Sox) - 5 GS (3-0), 37.2 IP, 4.13 K/BB, 2.15 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, .195 OppAVG, 3.53 xFIP, 1.2 WAR


My AL Central Worst Hitter in June

Jeff Francouer (Royals) - 26 G, 107 PA, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .214 AVG, .234 OBP, .282 SLG, .516 OPS, .227 wOBA, 35 wRC+, -0.8 WAR

My AL Central Worst Starter in June

Josh Tomlin (Indians) - 6 GS (2-3), 32.2 IP, 1.27 K/BB, 6.89 ERA, 1.78 WHIP, .343 OppAVG, 5.22 xFIP, -0.2 WAR

 

[grandy]

Tigers move to 3 games back now of the White Sox.

Also keep an eye on the wild card as the Tigers are 3.5 games behind the 2nd spot.

 

[grandy]

Now would be the best time for the Tigers to make a move up the standings.

They play 4 against the Twins starting tomorrow, while Chicago and Cleveland play Texas and LA, respectively.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers also only 3.5 out of the WC...

 

[grandy]

I'm not even gonna bother tonight...too depressing.

 

[tomdalton22]

lost first two at home to MN. Now 4.5 back. Way to take advantage you pathetic bunch of losers!

 

[grandy]

Updated

It is statistically impossible for Detroit to be in 1st place at the all-star break. Yay

 

[grandy]

Updated

Still can't believe Chicago swept Texas.

I really hope they don't start running away with this.