Let's Talk Baseball: Bold Proposal Mid-August Standings

We are in the midst of the fifth month of Season 2. For those new to the program, here is my original post for the idea and here is how things shook out at the end of last season, setting up the two divisions I'll be using for the 2011 season.


Photo via Vaccine71

The current standings are as follows:

First Division

1. Phillies (unchanged from early July)
2. Red Sox (+1)
3. Yankees (-1)
4. Braves (unchanged)
5. Rangers (+3)
6. Angels (+2)
7. Giants (-2)
8. Cardinals (+1)
9. Rays (-3)
9. Tigers (-1)
11. White Sox (unchanged)
12. Reds (-1)
12. Marlins (+3)
14. Rockies (-1)
15. Twins (+1)
16. Padres (-2)

Second Division

1. Brewers (+2)
2. Diamondbacks (unchanged)
3. Indians (-2)
3. Mets (+2)
3. Blue Jays (+5)
6. Nationals (unchanged)
7. Pirates (-3)
8. A's (+1)
8. Dodgers (+3)
10. Mariners (-3)
11. Cubs (+1)
11. Royals (+2)
13. Orioles (-3)
14. Astros (unchanged)

Biggest rise: Blue Jays
Biggest fall: Rays, Pirates, Mariners, Orioles

The teams in italics are the six different teams to win the past six World Series titles. I am hoping that trend will continue and yet a different team will win this year.

We're down to one real world division leader in my second division: the Brewers. As noted previously, if any of my second division teams win the World Series, I will consider this experiment a failure.