Central Division All under .500

[LA2]

Minnesota at 31-32 is in first place.

Orioles at .613 have the third best winning pct. in MLB despite all the Hangout panic the last few days.

Edited June 9, 2023 by LA2

[Just Regular]

White Sox just took the doubleheader opener from the Yankees and are 3 GB from first place.

[tntoriole]

Rays sweep Twins for 6 in a row  … Central Division should be dissolved back to 2 divisions .. pathetic 

[Bahama O's Fan]

Eliminate divisions and actually leagues too. Completely balanced schedules. Top 12 teams or fourteen or whatever to the playoffs. 

[luismatos4prez]

Rule proposal: If the 4th wild card team has a better record than a division winner, the two teams play one game to see who makes the playoffs.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

At least there's a path for the Orioles to make the playoffs. The 1980 Orioles had the second best record in MLB with 100 wins. Unfortunately for them the Yankees won 103 games and the O's were on vacation in October instead of playing baseball.

[LA2]

1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

At least there's a path for the Orioles to make the playoffs. The 1980 Orioles had the second best record in MLB with 100 wins. Unfortunately for them the Yankees won 103 games and the O's were on vacation in October instead of playing baseball.

I remember those years--very unfair.

[LA2]

3 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

At least there's a path for the Orioles to make the playoffs. The 1980 Orioles had the second best record in MLB with 100 wins. Unfortunately for them the Yankees won 103 games and the O's were on vacation in October instead of playing baseball.

Looking at the Orioles Franchise record at Baseball-Reference.com, some surprises right around then for top position player every even year:

1976: Belanger (not Reggie Jackson, Bobby Grich, Lee May, or Kenny Singleton)

1978: DeCinces (not Eddie, Singleton, or May)

1980: Bumbry (not Eddie or Singleton)

1982: Roenicke (not Eddie, Cal, Singleton, or Lowenstein and his 176 OPS+) 

 

[EddeeEddee]

The NL Central isn't as bad but is very strange.  Currently every NL Central team has a negative run differential except the team in last place -- St Louis -- with a run differential of +1.  

[eddie83]

38 minutes ago, luismatos4prez said:

Rule proposal: If the 4th wild card team has a better record than a division winner, the two teams play one game to see who makes the playoffs.

I do think since the 3rd best division record has to play the WC round they should let the top WC team move to 3rd. 
 

Both teams would get home field anyway but by doing this you avoid a potential divisional rematch in the DS round.