Steve Lombardi wrote:

@ Evan3457:
This was posted before the game today against the White Sox.

Sorry for the nitpick; no time stamp on the post, and I didn’t see it until after the game.

@ Evan3457:
This was posted before the game today against the White Sox.

OK…so lemme see if I got this right.

So now…the Rangers are GOOD, and the White Sox are BAD.

Got it.
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New York has gotten somewhat fat playing against the Blue Jays, A’s, Orioles, Twins and Mets during this streak – going 21-4 against those weak teams (as the above chart shows).

Well, no, not really. They’ve ‘gotten fat’ against everybody, because they’ve gone 19-9 against the teams in that list that are over .500.
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By the way, they’re 4-3 vs. the White Sox in this stretch, not 3-3.

More important than who we play, it will come down to starting pitching (both for and against us). Especially in the 5-game ALDS. Two great starts for any team will mean a lot.

But if the pitching is ordinary, or even good but not lights-out, then the Yanks stand a very good chance of going deep into the playoffs.

The only team to get the better of us since the turnaround is the Angels. This team is set up for a run but again, we have to wait and see.

I think they do have what it takes – the best record in the bigs qualifies them for being a good team in the post season. But to complete your analysis I think you’d need to know the winning percentage of the Tigers, Angels, Red Sox and Rangers against teams with better than .500 records. I’m not a stat guy, but my guess is they’d be pretty close to what the Yanks show, which would explain why, once in the playoffs, it’s a matter of who steps up and what team is hot.