No reason to be obstinate. If you think the fact that the Blue Jays have been as good as the Red Sox thus far means that they will be just as good for the next four months, go ahead and keep your head in the sand :-)
Is this somehow controversial that the Sox would have a slightly better than 50 percent chance at the playoffs now that they're 1 1/2 games out? PECOTA predicts the Sox for 94 wins at this point, the Yankees for 93. Steve O On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > So we should go by these numbers and not by the performance on the field. > > Gotcha. > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Steve Ouellette > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Baseball Prospectus current odds to make the playoffs. These are their >> Pecota odds, which figures in the quality of the team, strength of schedule, >> etc. -- not just their current mathematical numbers (thus the small chance >> for the over-their-head Blue Jays): >> >> Rays 79% >> Yankees 50% >> Blue Jays 13% >> Red Sox 55% >> Wild-Card from out-of-division: 2% >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> BTW, how much better would the Jays be if they still had Halladay. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Steve Ouellette < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The Red Sox are now the highest scoring team in baseball. Amazingly, the >>>> top four run scoring teams are all in the AL East. >>>> >>>> Steve O >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
