2007 Unofficial Yankees Wild Card Watch

[Gom]

Almost there...only one game separates four teams, with Cleveland only half a game ahead of Detroit. With a surging Twins team pushing the Guardians and Tigers, the Yankees look to capitalize on them playing each other to surge ahead. If we can go into the tough stretch surging, and the teams we play struggling, is it too optimistic to look forward to the Red Sox in the ALCS?

 

Stay tuned...

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

Still half a game out..

 

8/7 WC Standings

 

Detroit 62 49 .559 -

NY Yankees 62 50 .554 0.5

Seattle 60 49 .550 1.0

Minnesota 57 54 .514 5.0

Toronto 56 55 .505 6.0

Oakland 54 59 .478 9.0

[Mr Crunchy]

this will be a real wild finish to the end of september

i like detroits pitching

the yanks on the other hand a scoring 10 a day

minny has the hoss in santana but santana is 11-9 and not as dominant

seattle impresses from time to time but they arent that deep in the rotation

their pen is good

should be a great 8 weeks

[Optimist]

You're alive!

 

That I am.

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

WC Standings 8/8

 

Detroit 63 49 .563 -

NY Yankees 63 50 .558 0.5

Seattle 61 49 .555 1.0

Minnesota 57 55 .509 6.0

Toronto 56 56 .500 7.0

Oakland 54 60 .474 10.0

[Gom]

The race stays the same. However, the Sox are stumbling....fumbling...and maybe even bumbling. The Sox are only 5.5 games out of sitting it out in October. Stay tuned.

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

The race stays the same. However' date=' the Sox are stumbling....fumbling...and maybe even bumbling. The Sox are only 5.5 games out of sitting it out in October. Stay tuned.[/quote']

 

Perhaps an unofficial AL East division watch thread is necessary?

[schillingouttheks]

The race stays the same. However' date=' the Sox are stumbling....fumbling...and maybe even bumbling. The Sox are only 5.5 games out of sitting it out in October. Stay tuned.[/quote']

 

The Sox have had to play teams like Cleveland, Anaheim, and Seattle while you guys munch on Kansas City, Chicago, and Toronto. The fact that the lead is still 5 games is pretty impressive considering it could have, and maybe should have, been worse. But the Sox managed to keep pace with the red-hot Yanks despite going through a tougher schedule. I think your tune will change starting on Friday.

 

And oh, the Sox are stumbling, fumbling and bumbling? What the hell? They lost 2 games on the road against the second best team in baseball, who also happens to have the best home record in baseball. They just took 2/3 from Seattle and Baltimore before that. Saying that the Sox are stumbling is a little exaggerated, IMO.

[yankees228]

Seattle is winning 7-3 right now, so it looks like they're going to leap frog the Yankees. Detroit is losing 3-1 to the D-Rays, but there is a long way to go in that one, especially with the Rays bullpen. The Guardians are up 1-0 over the Chisox early.

[yankees228]

OK...the Tigers have lost, the Mariners have won. The Guardians are up one in the seventh. So the Tigers and the Mariners are now tied for the wild card lead, and the Yankees remain a half a game back (if my math is correct).

[jacksonianmarch]

Seattle is up 2 in the loss column which is all that really matters. We need some help.

[Youk Of The Nation]

That I am.

 

I'm suprisingly glad to see you!

[See Red]

I'm suprisingly glad to see you!

 

Me too. That kitty avatar always brings a smile to my face.

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

WC Standings 8/9

 

Seattle 62 49 .559 -

Detroit 63 50 .558 -

NY Yankees 63 51 .553 0.5

Minnesota 58 55 .513 5.0

Toronto 57 56 .504 6.0

Oakland 55 60 .478 9.0

[jacksonianmarch]

The Tigers are getting assraped again by the DRays. We are gonna be tied with them in 2nd place.

[Rdsxmbnt]

Bonderman's season continues to take a nose dive. every year it seems people say this is the year Bonderman's going to break out but idk maybe he just isn't that good, he seems more of a middle of the rotation than #1 to me.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

The 2007 Tigers are starting to remind me of the 2006 White Sox. Both teams coming off of a postseason where their pitching was outstading. Then the next year the pitching just simply isnt as good.

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

WC Standings 8/10

 

Seattle 63 49 .563 -

Detroit 63 51 .553 1.0

NY Yankees 63 51 .553 1.0

Minnesota 58 56 .509 6.0

Toronto 57 56 .504 6.5

Oakland 55 60 .478 9.5

[jacksonianmarch]

Seattle 63 50 .558 - -

New York 64 51 .557 - -

Detroit 63 52 .548 1.0

Minnesota 58 56 .509 5.5

Toronto 57 56 .504 6.0

Oakland 56 60 .483 8.5

Chicago 54 61 .470 10.0

Baltimore 53 61 .465 10.5

Kansas City 50 63 .442 13.0

Texas 49 65 .430 14.5

Tampa Bay 44 70 .386 19.5

 

1 game back in the L column, here we go YANKEES!!

[Gom]

Finally....we have caught the others. As of now, the Yankees are in a virtual tie for the wild card. Knocking off the Guardians ace Carmona, and with Hughes rebounding nicely from his poor performance against the Royals, the gauntlet has been thrown. Can our pinstriped heroes continue, or will they wilt under the pressure?

 

What a season....what a race....stay tuned.

[Gom]

The Mariners will not lose. Therefore, technically, they are still the wild card leader. I will not abandon this thread until we have finally taken the wild card spot as our own.

 

The standings as of now, end of day 8/11/2007:

 

AL WILD CARD

Team GB

Yankees -

Mariners -

Tigers 1

Blue Jays 5 ½

Twins 6

Athletics 8 ½

White Sox 10

Orioles 11

Royals 13 ½

Rangers 14

Devil Rays 20

[TheKilo]

You'll probably take the East lead before you get the WC.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Can someone explain to me how the Mariners continue to win?

[ORS]

They are 6 over their pyth. Their WC chances are tied to continued luck.

[Gom]

Hey ORS, whats the Red Sox and Yankees according to pyth?

[ORS]

Rhetorical question. You know the answer.

[yankees228]

They are 6 over their pyth. Their WC chances are tied to continued luck.

 

For the Yankees sake, I'm hoping that luck runs out in the next month and a half.

 

With that being said, they're not the team that concerns me, in the wild card race.

[Gom]

Rhetorical question. You know the answer.

 

Seriously, I don't know. I am sure the Yankees have a better pyth, but I'm curious to what it is, and also, what the second level thing you brought up once before. I had never heard of it. From where do you get this info, anyways.

[ORS]

[table]Team|1st Order|2nd Order|3rd Order

NYY|73-43|70-46|69-47

BOS|71-45|73-43|74-42[/table]

 

Click here for Adjusted Standings

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

WC Standings 8/13

 

Seattle 65 50 .565 -

NY Yankees 66 51 .564 -

Cleveland 65 53 .551 1.5

Toronto 59 57 .509 6.5

Minnesota 58 59 .496 8.0

Oakland 56 62 .475 10.5