Since it's a late game tonight I decided to take a look around the league. I can't believe the Dodgers are 20-17 despite being fifth in the majors in both runs per game and ERA. Didn't everybody pick them to go something like 120-42 this year? However, they're 10-5 at home and 10-12 on the road so they've played seven more road games.
As bad as Lindor is hitting the Mets are in first place in a weak division.
For a while it looked like some historically bad teams were going to be all right. The Pirates started out 12-12 but have since gone 3-10. The Royals started even hotter, going 16-9 before losing their last 11 games. Their next four games are at the White Sox. Could be a 15-game losing streak by the end of the weekend. (But they're leading the Sox 5-2 in the sixth inning of a 7-inning game. Second game to follow tonight).
The Twins have the worst record in the majors. NOBODY saw that coming. Eddie Rosario must be pretty happy he switched teams.
The Yankees are 20-17 and in third place, just like the Dodgers. The league's two biggest payrolls wallowing in mediocrity. It's still early, though.
The top four teams in the A.L. East are within three games of each other and it's Tampa that's in fourth place. That division is shaping up to be a dogfight. Even the O's are no longer an easy win at 16-21.
