Losing 3 of 4 to the Worst Team in Baseball

[SilentJames]

Losing 3/4 to the "worst team in baseball," is just baseball. It means nothing more than that.

Even the worst team in baseball will win a series every now and again.

[DrungoHazewood]

The Yankees have a -34 run differential.

The Red Sox have a -36 run differential

The Rays have a -35 run differential

Maybe they are all tied for the worst team. I would say the Yankees are more likely the luckiest team in baseball and the Rays are slightly below average. I would be surprised to see the Rays win less than 70 games.

When you play in the AL East I think you get about a 5 game adjustment compared to, say, the NL Central over a full year, maybe more. The AL is once again the better performer in interleague, so far playing .520 ball. I don't really have a problem projecting the Yanks/Sox/Rays as better teams than the D'backs, Padres, or Astros.

[glenn__davis]

When you play in the AL East I think you get about a 5 game adjustment compared to, say, the NL Central over a full year, maybe more. The AL is once again the better performer in interleague, so far playing .520 ball. I don't really have a problem projecting the Yanks/Sox/Rays as better teams than the D'backs, Padres, or Astros.

You do know the Astros are in the AL now, right?

[DrungoHazewood]

Losing 3/4 to the "worst team in baseball," is just baseball. It means nothing more than that.

Even the worst team in baseball will win a series every now and again.

The 1998 Yankees won 114 games, and finished 22 games ahead of the 2nd-place Red Sox. Yet they lost their season series to the Angels.

The 111-43 Indians of '54 played .500 ball against both the Yanks and White Sox.

The 1970 Orioles won 108 games, but went 5-7 against the Twins. The World Champion 1966 Orioles went 8-10 against the .500 Cleveland Indians. The 109-win 1969 Orioles played .500 ball against the 71-win Angels. The '83 Orioles lost their season series to the Yanks, Tigers, and the last-place Indians.

[DrungoHazewood]

You do know the Astros are in the AL now, right?

They're bad enough to overcome the AL Advantage.

[ShaneDawg85]

The Rays are not the worst team in baseball, no matter what the records say. They've been decimated by injuries, they can't hit worth a darn, but they're not the worst team in baseball. It was a frustrating series loss, but nothing more than that.

[weams]

The Rays have won the first two games in NY. Those three young guys are hitting really well right now. They are clearly not a bad team, especially at the moment.

We caught them at the wrong time. That's all.

[LoyalBirdFan]

Joe Maddon.... That alone means they aren't the worst team in baseball.

[BohKnowsBmore]

You do know the Astros are in the AL now, right?

Were they in the NL that AL interleague record would likely be even better

[OFFNY]

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The D-Rays swept the Yankees IN THE BRONX, 3 games to 0.

[Reboulet'sStache]

Here come the Rays?

Or there go the Yankees.

[Can_of_corn]

Here come the Rays?

They need to play .700 ball here on out to have any shot.

Too deep a hole.

[Malike]

They need to play .700 ball here on out to have any shot.

Too deep a hole.

They went on a 21-5 run last season. That would put them back in the hunt, and given how this division is terrible, you never know I guess.

[MrOrange82]

They went on a 21-5 run last season. That would put them back in the hunt, and given how this division is terrible, you never know I guess.

It's looking more and more like the O's would/will have to win the division to make the playoffs.

[Can_of_corn]

They went on a 21-5 run last season. That would put them back in the hunt, and given how this division is terrible, you never know I guess.

I'm the one that wanted to crush their dreams in the four game series.

They can be dangerous.

I don't think a wild card is coming out of the east and I don't think they can run down all four teams.