Remember back when we all thought the NL West might be Major League Baseball’s strongest division?
Come to find out, it is actually the weakest division in MLB.
Sure, the Arizona Diamondbacks got off to a great start; but that was only because they were playing fellow NL West teams.
As the season has progressed, the division could just as well change its name to the NL Worst.
That being said, consider the records of each NL West team going into this weekend in games played outside of the division:
Arizona 10-16
Los Angeles 15-18
San Francisco 10-22
Colorado 13-12
Padres 13-19
Overall, that’s a cumulative record of just 61-87 in games outside of the NL West.
This is such a reminder of 2005, when the Padres won the West with an 82-80 record. They lost 12 of 13 games at one point that season but hardly lost any ground because everybody else in the division was losing, too. Ditto the Diamondbacks in 2008.
May the best of the worst win the division!
Come to find out, it is actually the weakest division in MLB.
Sure, the Arizona Diamondbacks got off to a great start; but that was only because they were playing fellow NL West teams.
As the season has progressed, the division could just as well change its name to the NL Worst.
That being said, consider the records of each NL West team going into this weekend in games played outside of the division:
Arizona 10-16
Los Angeles 15-18
San Francisco 10-22
Colorado 13-12
Padres 13-19
Overall, that’s a cumulative record of just 61-87 in games outside of the NL West.
This is such a reminder of 2005, when the Padres won the West with an 82-80 record. They lost 12 of 13 games at one point that season but hardly lost any ground because everybody else in the division was losing, too. Ditto the Diamondbacks in 2008.
May the best of the worst win the division!
1 comment:
At least the Padres are better then Washington & SF. Otherwise, they can't beat anyone.
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