7/8 - 7/14 Game Discussion Thread

[RoundingThird]

Red Sox have 4 with Mariners, 3 with A's on the West Coast. King Felix tonight, Iwakuma tomorrow. Tough stretch.

[deathsai]

Rays finally hit an easy part of the schedule to catch up. 4.5 games back, tied with the O's and the Yankees only another half game back.

Toronto is 10 games back, but still feels scarily close and in the mix.

And who says the AL East isn't still the best division in baseball? Put any team from the AL East in another division and they'd be in the top spot or close to it.

[lonewolf371]

Quote: Originally Posted by deathsai

Rays finally hit an easy part of the schedule to catch up. 4.5 games back, tied with the O's and the Yankees only another half game back. Toronto is 10 games back, but still feels scarily close and in the mix. And who says the AL East isn't still the best division in baseball?

I do.

Quote: Originally Posted by deathsai

Put any team from the AL East in another division and they'd be in the top spot or close to it.

I would say the same thing about the top three teams in the NL Central in the AL East.

[deathsai]

God I wish the Rays got to beat up on the Cubs and have an easy series every once in awhile.

[RoundingThird]

Quote: Originally Posted by deathsai

God I wish the Rays got to beat up on the Cubs and have an easy series every once in awhile.

You just a series against the Astros and White Sox...

[deathsai]

Yeah, and it feels like the first time we've had an easy stretch all year.

After the All Star Break we have to play the Jays (not sure if RA Dickey is starting but he's had great success), the Red Sox, with Pedroia and Uehara foiling us seemingly every game and who have trashed us the whole season so far, and then the Yankees who we very stupidly split the series with after our bullpen performed the most epic collapse of the season on.

There's never an easy in-division matchup.

[Redacted01]

Quote: Originally Posted by lonewolf371

I do. I would say the same thing about the top three teams in the NL Central in the AL East.

The Cardinals are the only NL Central team I would give a chance in the AL East. Pittsburgh's offense is atrocious. The Reds seem too back-and-forth. An eh April, a great May and a poor June. Just all over the map.

[lonewolf371]

Quote: Originally Posted by dochalladay32

The Cardinals are the only NL Central team I would give a chance in the AL East. Pittsburgh's offense is atrocious. The Reds seem too back-and-forth. An eh April, a great May and a poor June. Just all over the map.

The Yankees offense is just as atrocious. Pittsburgh would have more runs than the Yankees if the Yankees didn't have the DH.

The Rays have been all over the map. That's not a salient point.

On another note: why is it that every year that AL East fans beat their chests so much about their division? It's annoying on the level of the SEC in college football, except the AL East hasn't won a title (or even a pennant) since 2009.