.500 in a lot of things is good, but when it come to predictions its not that good at all.
At the midway point in the season I got the Cubs and Diamondbacks all right and the Sox have a playoff spot but it goes way downhill from there. Cleveland is horrible, the Mariners are worse than them. I'll take some credit for knowing the Tigers were overrated but this wildcard spot is in real jeopardy.
I still think the Braves will make a run but its definitely the Phillies division to lose. The Cubs will hold on a Milwaukee team even with CC that will struggle to make the playoffs due to streaky hitting and a horrible bullpen. The Diamondbacks will easily win the NL West and their best baseball has yet to come.
As for the Devil Rays, I thought they'd be better but not this good, but they won't stay this high, as they will take the Wild Card in the AL but i don't think they'll do much better than that.
So my modified midseason projections: (Bold indicates change from preseason
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: LAA
Wild Card: Devil Rays
Team that will just miss out: Tigers
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Diamondbacks
Wild Card: Mets
Teams that will just miss out: Brewers, Marlins, Braves
Playoffs:
Red Sox over LAA
Devil Rays over White Sox
Diamondbacks over Mets
Phillies over Cubs
Red Sox over Devil Rays
Diamondbacks over Phillies
Sox over Diamondbacks in 6
Division Rankings: (Previous rank in Parenthesis)
1) AL East (1)- 4 Deep, why Red Sox could have lowest record of all division winners but be the best team
2) NL Central(6)- Bottom 3 are really weak, but top 3 are strong
3) NL East (3)- Any Division with the Nationals can't be top 2
4) AL West (5)- A's are a lot better than I expected, Rangers developing nicely
5) AL Central (2)- Not sure what to think of this division, we'll see come playoff time
6) NL West (4)- the 2nd-4th should just be chosen from a hat, cause they are all terrible
-CJ
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