With a quarter of the season in the books, time to review

From one of the coolest baseball sites out there coolstandings.com we are beginning to see how the MLB races might shape up.


from coolstandings.com
http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?i=1

2013 AL Standings What are these?
East	W	L	PCT	GB	RS	RA	EXPW	EXPL	DIV	WC	POFF
New York	27	16	.628	-	184	159	92.7	69.3	34.2	26.4	60.6
Boston	27	17	.614	0.5	217	179	93.2	68.8	35.5	27.0	62.5
Tampa Bay	23	20	.535	4	210	197	87.4	74.6	17.9	24.0	41.9
Baltimore	23	20	.535	4	213	195	84.3	77.7	12.0	19.4	31.4
Toronto	17	26	.395	10	177	222	67.2	94.8	0.4	1.7	2.1
Central	W	L	PCT	GB	RS	RA	EXPW	EXPL	DIV	WC	POFF
Cleveland	25	17	.595	-	208	173	92.6	69.4	39.0	22.0	61.0
Detroit	23	19	.548	2	222	175	93.0	69.0	40.7	21.7	62.4
Kansas City	20	20	.500	4	171	157	83.0	79.0	13.0	15.5	28.5
Chicago	19	23	.452	6	155	170	74.8	87.2	3.7	6.3	10.0
Minnesota	18	22	.450	6	180	191	74.5	87.5	3.5	6.2	9.8
West	W	L	PCT	GB	RS	RA	EXPW	EXPL	DIV	WC	POFF
Texas	29	15	.659	-	212	158	100.9	61.1	83.1	5.7	88.8
Oakland	23	22	.511	6.5	207	204	82.1	79.9	11.1	14.0	25.2
Seattle	20	24	.455	9	160	180	76.3	85.7	4.2	7.4	11.6
Los Angeles	17	27	.386	12	189	227	70.3	91.7	1.5	2.7	4.2
Houston	12	32	.273	17	173	261	54.0	108.0	<0 .1="" td="">	<0 .1="" td="">	<0 .1="" td="">

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2013 NL Standings
East	W	L	PCT	GB	RS	RA	EXPW	EXPL	DIV	WC	POFF
Atlanta	25	18	.581	-	186	152	97.0	65.0	76.2	6.9	83.0
Washington	23	21	.523	2.5	155	172	81.5	80.5	14.3	13.9	28.2
Philadelphia	21	23	.477	4.5	156	190	74.7	87.3	6.0	5.8	11.8
New York	17	24	.415	7	174	202	70.8	91.2	3.5	3.4	6.9
Miami	12	32	.273	13.5	117	190	51.7	110.3	<0 .1="" td="">	<0 .1="" td="">	<0 .1="" td="">
Central	W	L	PCT	GB	RS	RA	EXPW	EXPL	DIV	WC	POFF
St. Louis	28	15	.651	-	201	150	98.2	63.8	50.6	30.5	81.1
Cincinnati	26	18	.591	2.5	210	161	94.0	68.0	32.6	36.7	69.3
Pittsburgh	26	18	.591	2.5	176	157	86.9	75.1	14.2	30.0	44.2
Chicago	18	25	.419	10	173	176	74.1	87.9	1.9	8.2	10.1
Milwaukee	17	25	.405	10.5	177	207	69.3	92.7	0.6	3.7	4.3
West	W	L	PCT	GB	RS	RA	EXPW	EXPL	DIV	WC	POFF
Arizona	25	19	.568	-	180	155	89.5	72.5	37.1	18.2	55.3
Colorado	24	20	.545	1	221	189	89.6	72.4	37.5	18.3	55.7
San Francisco	24	20	.545	1	202	207	82.8	79.2	16.7	14.7	31.3
San Diego	20	23	.465	4.5	176	188	76.6	85.4	7.4	8.2	15.6
Los Angeles	17	25	.405	7	142	180	66.9	95.1	1.3	1.7	3.1

Baseball statistics

x: Clinched Division   y: Clinched Wild card W: Wins  L: Losses  PCT: Winning percentage GB: Games Back (Number of games behind the Division leader) RS: Runs Scored  RA: Runs Against

Baseball "coolstats"   What are these?

EXP W: Expected season Wins  EXP L: Expected season Losses DIV: % chance of winning the Division  WC: % chance of winning the Wild Card POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs

In the AL it's back to the Yankees and the Sawks, with the Rays and the Orioles battling to see who will be the 3rd wheel. Toronto invested miserably in the ex-Marlins (TREND ALERT) and are about to have an early fork stuck in them.

The Tigers and Indians are battling it out for the AL Central with the Royals battling the Chi-Sox for third wheel status. The Twins have fallen on hard times.

In the AL West the Rangers have adjusted to life without Josh rather nicely and Oakland is doing it's usual thing. The Angels invested lavishly, but not well (2ND REFERENCE). The Astros are battling to not get relegated to AAA.

In the NL East, the Braves are threatening to run and hide from the Nats. The Phillies are battling the Mets for most mediocre status and the Marlins should be relegated to AAA status.

In the NL Central, the Cardinals are doing what the Cardinals always do, WIN. The Reds and Pirates are battling to stay in view. The Cubs and the Brewers are AAAA teams at best right now.

In the NL West. the D-Backs, Rockies and Giants are playing footsie with the 1-3 spots. San Diego and the Dodgers are battling for the basement and the Dodgers are furiously calculating how they could spend so lavishly and get so little in return (3RD REFERENCE). I guess even with all the Harvard MBA's and SABR-metricians on staff that Magic's money can buy, a negative Return on Investment (ROI) is possible.

You can put that in your SABR pipe and smoke it. Round two goes to the Hawk-eroo.