Scholarship table
Oh, btw, the Crew is sporting the best record in their history over it first 50 games at 31-19. Long way to go of course.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos23rd in strength of schedule. But hey, you can only play who is on the schedule.
Unscientifically looking back a couple seasons, looks like this has no bearing on anything and probably doesn't mean anything at all.
I believe they just go by the winning percentage of the teams you've played.In theory, at the end of the season you should have nearly the same SOS as everyone else in your division since everyone pretty much has the same schedule except for natural rivals.
Every year baseball has new statistical measures. It seems too simple but the team run differential is the number I watch the most, and w/l record next.This year through 50 games ....my Astros dream starter crew (see: http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/pitching/_/name/hou/houston-astros ) has them with a team runs allowed of only 126 runs...a team era of 2.42.Since the dead ball era of early 1900s only the 1968 Indians have been close to this. Our run differential is now plus 110...should be more but our outfielders havent been hitting very well so farSee you in the playoffs
If only the brewers didn't lose to K-State....
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
This is either the worst or best thread on Scoop.
And to use a 1 year 1 division terrible sample, the AL Central last year had teams that finished 2,6,18,19, 21. Not exactly a precise grouping. Wouldn't teams that are better naturally be closer to the bottom of this scale?
He can't have a change up without a fastball.
Even with the great start, the Brewers would have to beat Arrieta in a one-game playoff if the season ended May 17.
and now the brewers would be waiting for the winner of that same phillies team and the pirates as the 1 seed in the nl.oh and the cubs would continue to be out of the playoffs.lotta game left.
Which is why these things are dumb in May.
Yup. I recall going to a Brewers-Cardinals series in St. Louis just before the AS break one year when the Crew had, I believe, a 10 game lead on the division. They got Yosted.
You mean they won 2 straight pennants and 1 World Series?
Sadly, unlike the Royals, they didn't have enough talent to overcome the ineptitude of Yost.
Wellington Castillo suspended 80 games for PEDs.No doubt he got them from a certain former battery mate./ducks
So, your contention is that they Royals were better because they were more talented. Wow, weird. With all that talent that the Brewers traded to the Royals to boot. That seems like it can be blamed on Ned Yost. The strength of that Royals team was the bullpen, which Ned Yost managed perfectly.
Yost's ironclad philosophy is that you have "a 7th inning gut", "an 8th inning guy", and a "9th inning/closer" guy,