Baseball's Best Division

[catman]

Here is Dayn Perry's opinion: MLB - After two months, it's time to rank the divisions - FOX Sports on MSN
Comments?

[Porter]

I think they got it right.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

I think they got it right too, but their means of getting there wasn't too impressive. I clicked on the link for the BtB rankings, and they are so wrong it's not even funny. Here are some problems with these team rankings:

-The "on-paper" AL East leader is the Blue Jays, who are the 2nd best team in the league according to these rankings. In fact, Toronto and Tampa Bay are ranked 2 and 3 while New York and Boston are 6 and 7.
-The Yankees aren't in the top 5 in AL fielding despite being in the middle of what would be a record setting errorless streak when the article was written
-The Texas Rangers are ranked 5th. The Yankees are 6th.
-The Royals have the AL's best pitching according to this. This shows that the statistical categories they use are too susceptible to one outlier affecting the entire statistic. That outlier would be Zack Greinke. The rest of the Royals pitching staff has been wildly mediocre at best.

[cjkalt]

I do think the Rangers are better than the Yankees, even if the Rangers don't match up well with NYY

[RoxFan9]

Well hell it isn't the NL West. I think it would have to go to the NL Central. Witht the surprise of how the Brewers and Reds are playing and the likes of the Cards and Cubs this is going to be one strong division that is going to beat up on each other.