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The Best Division in Baseball

Centerfield May 27 2010 11:07 AM

All teams in the National League East have winning records. It is the only such division in baseball: Philadelphia (26-19) Atlanta (24-22) Mets (24-23) Florida (24-23) Washington (24-23)

TransMonk May 27 2010 11:18 AM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

Does it matter that the AL East and the NL West have better average winning percentages?

Ceetar May 27 2010 11:38 AM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

TransMonk wrote: Does it matter that the AL East and the NL West have better average winning percentages? No. Actually, I don't think the NL East is the best division. I think the Nationals and Marlins suck. maybe not extremely, but they suck. (Marlins are an embarassment to baseball, no matter their record). I don't think the Braves are more than average, and the Phillies, well the Phillies suck because they're the phillies. But It's entirely possible no team in the division wins more than 90, so that's not what I would say is 'best'.

Gwreck May 27 2010 11:50 AM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

C'mon. Toronto is 27-22 and is in 4th place, 6 games out.

G-Fafif May 27 2010 12:09 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

Any division that includes the Mets is baseball's best, according to my inner 12-year-old.

Frayed Knot May 27 2010 12:31 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

AL East = +21 (games over .500 as a division) NL East = +12 NL West = +12 AL West = -7 AL Central = -16 NL Central = -22

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2010 12:49 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

"But these NL East teams... they're still playing National League teams. These are mostly inferior, National League teams they're playing, he-ah. (Long pause) National League." Interleague record, 2010: NL over AL (so far), 22-20. (NL East vs. big, bad AL East-- 6-6.)

Centerfield May 27 2010 01:01 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

G-Fafif wrote: Any division that includes the Mets is baseball's best, according to my inner 12-year-old. This is what I'm saying. As far as the divisions, I rank them as such: 1. NL East 2. Big East Conference Everybody else tied for last.

attgig May 27 2010 01:09 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

Gwreck wrote: C'mon. Toronto is 27-22 and is in 4th place, 6 games out. but they're all beating up on the O's. of course their records are going to be better.

Frayed Knot May 27 2010 02:36 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

But the division - as a whole - is also beating up on the ALC & ALW The NL has the slight lead in the IL games so far this season but they've also gotten their butts kicked by the ALers for five years running now. Maybe it turns around this year but there's some 200 IL games to go before we know that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2010 02:51 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

I'll save everyone time and pre-refute my argument that having 2 extra teams (and therefore 50 players who if stuffed into the AL wouldn't be 'major leaguers') has served in some ways to "water down" the NL leading to its run of poor performances in ASGs, IL play and World Serieses by acknowledging that yes, I understand those players all come from the same pool of talent and are mostly given an equal chance to succeed. Still...

Zvon May 27 2010 03:02 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

G-Fafif wrote: Any division that includes the Mets is baseball's best, according to my inner 12-year-old. "Agreed, numbah one"

Ashie62 May 27 2010 03:33 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

Only one division has this guy making an early unlikely MVP run [url]http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guerrvl01.shtml

Nymr83 May 27 2010 04:10 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

Ashie62 wrote: Only one division has this guy making an early unlikely MVP run [url]http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guerrvl01.shtml But it can't last, his back will flare up? right Jeff?

Edgy DC May 27 2010 06:30 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

Sheesh.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2010 08:42 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

F'real. Please note that he's making said MVP run from the DH spot, where he's more or less been playing-- and not so much by choice-- since he signed with Anaheim.

Edgy DC May 27 2010 08:45 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

It's not like we haven't boldly tried to get away with a leftfielder on his last legs for the last six years or so.

Nymr83 May 27 2010 08:49 PM Re: The Best Division in Baseball

If the season ended today I think Justin Morneau wins a unanimous MVP award