Yes. Last year we played the AL East teams 19 times each. Looking at the schedule this year we play each team 13 times.
76 total last year and 52 total this year. We're taking the distribution from nearly half our games in division to just shy of a third. I'll take it!
Debatable. "You are what you record says you are," to quote Bill Parcells. Still I wouldn't call teams with .568 and .571 winning percentages "lousy." I sure WISH the O's were that lousy.
Colorado (64-48) and Arizona (63-48) hold the 2 NL WC spots right now, so I'm not sure about your comment. Colorado has more wins than every other team save LAD, HOU, WAS - same with Arizona except they are tied in wins with BOS.