It's early and all, but the level of competition in the AL East is light years ahead of the other divisions.
From ESPN's Jeff Passan's morning tweets:
AL East: 84-48 (.636)
AL Central: 51-80 (.389)
AL West: 59-73 (.447)
NL East: 70-62 (.530)
NL Central: 70-60 (.538)
NL West: 61-72 (.459)
The AL East is playing at a 103-win pace.
The AL Central is playing at a 63-win pace.
The Red Sox have two more wins than the other AL last place teams combined - and are still in last place. Boston would be only 2.5 GB in the AL West.
The Yankees (15-12) are 7 GB, fourth place in the AL East.
Arizona (15-12) is in sole possession of first place in the NL West.
AL East: 65-29 (.691)
AL Central: 40-69 (.367)
AL West: 43-57 (.430)
NL East: 49-41 (.544)
NL Central: 51-41 (.554)
NL West: 37-48 (.435)
The AL East is playing at a 112-win pace against the AL Central and AL West.
Divisions, By Run Differential
AL East: +158
AL Central: -153
AL West: - 17
NL East: - 7
NL Central: + 86
NL West: - 67
AL West: Oakland's run differential is -117. The other four AL West teams are at +100.
Every team in the AL East started the day with a positive run differential:
Rays 22 5 +97
Orioles 17 8 +24
Blue Jays 17 9 +15
Yankees 15 12 +17
Red Sox 13 14 + 5
The Blue Jays (17-9) are tied for the 5th-best record in MLB, but they are 3rd in the AL East!
The AL East has four teams above .500 (and Boston is only one game under). That's as many as the other two AL divisions combined: AL Central (1), AL West (3).
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Two days (games) later, and the Sox are one game above .500 to finish April, tied for fourth place with the MFY of all teams. They are also a half-game behind the Trash Cans for the third and final WC spot.
Yeah, championships aren't won in April, blah, blah, blah...
We are looking forward to a new episode of Schandenfreude xxx (A Continuing Series)
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