Week 17

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August is only two weeks away and the Yankees and Red Sox are tied for last place in the AL East at 50-44. They are both on pace to win 86 games and tie for last place at the end of the season, incredible. In a tale of two extremes, in the American League alone, we’re looking at the potential of having a division winner finish under .500.  The Minnesota Twins are in first place in the AL Central but are just 2 games over .500.  And this weekend was the first time they have been 2 games over since June. 

We’re well over half the way through the season so these oddities are pretty much set in at this point.  Let’s get into the rankings…

1.      Atlanta Braves (61-31)

2.      Tampa Bay Rays (60-36)

3.      Baltimore Orioles (57-35)

4.      Los Angeles Dodgers (53-39)

5.      Texas Rangers (55-39)

6.      Arizona Diamondbacks (52-42)

7.      Houston Astros (52-42)

8.      San Francisco Giants (52-41)

9.      Miami Marlins (53-42)

10.  Toronto Blue Jays (53-41)

11.  Milwaukee Brewers (52-42)

12.  Cincinnati Reds (50-44)

13.  New York Yankees (50-44)

14.  Philadelphia Phillies (51-42)

15.  Boston Red Sox (50-44)

16.  Minnesota Twins (48-46)

17.  Los Angeles Angels (46-48)

18.  Seattle Mariners (46-46)

19.  Cleveland Guardians (45-48)

20.  San Diego Padres (44-50)

21.  Chicago Cubs (43-49)

22.  New York Mets (43-50)

23.  Pittsburgh Pirates (41-52)

24.  Detroit Tigers (41-51)

25.  St. Louis Cardinals (40-53)

26.  Chicago White Sox (40-55)

27.  Washington Nationals (37-56)

28.  Colorado Rockies (36-58)

29.  Kansas City Royals (27-67)

30.  Oakland Athletics (25-70)