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Kansas City Royals Playoff Chances Dropping After Three-Game Losing Streak
After splitting a four-game series with the Indians and getting swept in Texas, the Royals season is looking less and less likely to produce a surprise division winner. Although the Royals are still just 1.5 games back of first, and in possession of a respectable 12-10 record, they now appear to be...
Livan Strikes Out Pujols
I took comfort in this one play. Consider: Albert Pujols OPS: 1.163 Livan Hernandez tRA: 5.28 Albert Pujols K%: 8.8% Livan Hernandez K%: 13.4% Mets Playoff odds (cool standings): 30.9% Mets Playoff odds (BP): 57.3% Mets Playoff odds (BP, PECOTA): 41.6%
May Sweeps
UPDATE: I hadn't noticed this before, but Dave Cameron of Fangraphs has a similiar article up entitled "The NL West Race is Over". Dave points out what kind of record we would need to win the division. "At 20-8, they could play .500 ball the rest of the year and finish with 87 wins. The Giants...
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