Yankees 6th Best Team In AL?
Posted by Steve L. on May 21st, 2012 · Comments (4)
A saw a comment left by Sean Forman over at BBTF that said, according to B-R.com’s SRS ratings – which consider strength of schedule and margin of victory – the AL top six are: Texas, Toronto, Baltimore, Tampa, Red Sox, and the Yankees (in that order).
| Rk | Tm | W | L | SRS 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEX | 26 | 16 | .619 | 2.4 |
| 2 | TOR | 23 | 19 | .548 | 1.3 |
| 3 | BAL | 27 | 15 | .643 | 1.0 |
| 4 | TBR | 25 | 17 | .595 | 1.0 |
| 5 | BOS | 20 | 21 | .488 | 0.9 |
| 6 | NYY | 21 | 20 | .512 | 0.8 |
| 7 | CHW | 21 | 21 | .500 | 0.6 |
| 8 | CLE | 23 | 18 | .561 | 0.3 |
| 9 | DET | 20 | 21 | .488 | 0.3 |
| 10 | SEA | 19 | 24 | .442 | 0.2 |
| 11 | OAK | 21 | 21 | .500 | 0.1 |
| 12 | LAA | 18 | 24 | .429 | -0.1 |
| 13 | KCR | 16 | 24 | .400 | -0.1 |
| 14 | MIN | 14 | 27 | .341 | -1.2 |
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And, the White Sox are right behing the Yankees.
I wonder if Brian Cashman is smoking this in his objective pipe today?
This club is starting to get that 1965 Yankee feel to it. Players are getting hurt, other players sre underperforming and some may have just grown too old. AROD will be 37 in July if he hit 25 HR’s and drives in 85 that may be AROD at his best. Gardner is hurt and has always tended to wear down as the season went on. Robertson may not be durable enough to close and Russell Martin hasn’t really hit since his first month or so with the Yanks. Jeter is 38, really who knows. Hughes is starting to get the AJ treatment, he left the last start trailing with one out in the 6th and over 100 pitches thrown and yet we get told how well he did. This could get ugly.
Look at the bright side: Mariano is out for the year but they don’t need a closer. There are no save situations anymore.
Joseph Maloney wrote:
I’ll believe it when I see it. Been through this song and dance too many times.
Raf wrote:
Yep.
The New York Times wrote that exact “1965″ article about the 2005 Yankees.