Nine Games Out
Took my first good look at the standings today. What I saw amazed me.
There were the Pirates at 5 and 16. No, that wasn’t shocking. What was shocking was that they were nine games out of first place already.
In the next column over, the Royals stand at 4 and 13, eight games out of first.
How in God’s name does a team find themselves that far out of the race three weeks into the season? Granted, the Astros and White Sox are off to strong starts. But if these teams continue to lose ground at their current pace, they’ll wind up about 80 games out.
That won’t happen, of course. But they do have a good chance of finishing 40 games out, which is only marginally better. It’s a testament to just how far these two franchises have fallen.
There were the Pirates at 5 and 16. No, that wasn’t shocking. What was shocking was that they were nine games out of first place already.
In the next column over, the Royals stand at 4 and 13, eight games out of first.
How in God’s name does a team find themselves that far out of the race three weeks into the season? Granted, the Astros and White Sox are off to strong starts. But if these teams continue to lose ground at their current pace, they’ll wind up about 80 games out.
That won’t happen, of course. But they do have a good chance of finishing 40 games out, which is only marginally better. It’s a testament to just how far these two franchises have fallen.
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