What a Difference Two Weeks Makes

By Blaidd Drwg

On June 16th, the AL West Standings looked like this:

As of June 30th, they look like this:

Thanks to a decent win streak by the Rangers and a 4 – 8 stretch by the Mariners, the Puget Sound Plunkers have slipped into 3rd, are below .500 and closer to last than they are first. How bad have the last 12 games been for the M’s? They have scored 30 runs and given up 35, It isn’t easy to win only 33% of your games averaging giving up 3 runs a game in the process. Well, unless you have the worst offense in baseball that is. I honestly think the M’s will be out of contention by late July, if not sooner, unless they get at least 2 bats in that lineup.

In the more interesting division in the AL, here is what it looked like on 6/16:

As of 6/30, we now have this:

We would like to thank the Jays and O’s for playing and we will see you next year. The Sox have dropped thanks to a less than stellar performance against the Pirates and Padres and you have to feel bad for the Rays. Third place in their division and the 3rd best record in the AL. Heck they would be leading either the Central or the West by at least 3 games if they played either place. Sadly, they probably won’t even win the wild card without the Yankees or Sox choking.