After a rough 1-9 stretch against the AL West, dropping from 13-9 to 14-18, we righted the ship with a 3 game sweep against the Jays. I guess if I was given the knowledge I was going 4-9 in my last 13 games, I would have chosen the 3 games against Toronto to be 3 of the victories, but it's tough to be that bad against the West. Part of it was 8 consecutive losses which is the most I've had in quite some time I believe.
The good: I swept Toronto! Harrison Bader hit 3 homers this week, Trea Turner burst out of his slump (13/26, 4 2B, HR, 4 SB),
The bad: I was swept by the Angels! I tried to move Darin Ruf into a full time DH since he was outperforming Brad Miller so far. He responded with a 2/18 week with a .325 OPS.
Coming up: 3 vs. Detroit then 3 in Baltimore.
AWARD LADDERSAL MVP:
1. Nolan Arenado (3B) - Toronto Blue Jays
2. Aaron Judge (RF) - Baltimore Orioles
3. Matt Chapman (3B) - New York Yankees
4. Brandon Nimmo (LF) - Chicago White Sox
5. George Springer (CF) - Seattle Mariners
6. Julio Urias (SP) - Los Angeles Angels
7. Jake Odorizzi (SP) - Detroit Tigers
8. Christian Yelich (LF) - Cleveland Guardians
9. Seth Brown (RF) - Detroit Tigers
10. Tim Anderson (SS) - Seattle Mariners
NL MVP:
1. Juan Soto (DH) - Atlanta Braves
2. Franmil Reyes (DH) - Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Freddie Freeman (1B) - Atlanta Braves
4. Tyler O'Neill (LF) - St. Louis Cardinals
5. Wilmer Flores (1B) - Arizona Diamondbacks
6. Joey Gallo (RF) - Chicago Cubs
7. Randy Arozarena (CF) - Cincinnati Reds
8. Alex Bregman (3B) - Arizona Diamondbacks
9. Mitch Haniger (RF) - Milwaukee Brewers
10. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) - Pittsburgh Pirates
AL Cy Young:
1. Julio Urias (SP) - Los Angeles Angels
2. Jake Odorizzi (SP) - Detroit Tigers
3. Josh Lindblom (SP) - Tampa Bay Rays
4. Noah Syndergaard (SP) - Toronto Blue Jays
5. Dylan Cease (SP) - Houston Astros
NL Cy Young:
1. Brent Suter (SP) - Arizona Diamondbacks
2. Jonathan Loaisiga (SP) - Arizona Diamondbacks
3. Jeffrey Springs (SP) - Chicago Cubs
4. James Paxton (SP) - New York Mets
5. Dallas Keuchel (SP) - Colorado Rockies
AL Rookie of the Year:
1. Seth Brown (RF) - Detroit Tigers
2. Alek Thomas (CF) - Toronto Blue Jays
3. Steven Kwan (CF) - Kansas City Royals
4. Ryan Weiss (SP) - Los Angeles Angels
5. Patrick Wisdom (1B) - Oakland Athletics
NL Rookie of the Year:
1. Jonathan India (2B) - Milwaukee Brewers
2. Art Warren (RP) - Chicago Cubs
3. Julio Rodriguez (RF) - New York Mets
4. Riley Greene (RF) - Cincinnati Reds
5. Lucas Sims (SP) - St. Louis Cardinals
AL Hank Aaron Award:
1. Nolan Arenado (3B) - Toronto Blue Jays
2. Aaron Judge (RF) - Baltimore Orioles
3. Eloy Jimenez (DH) - Toronto Blue Jays
NL Hank Aaron Award:
1. Juan Soto (DH) - Atlanta Braves
2. Franmil Reyes (DH) - Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Freddie Freeman (1B) - Atlanta Braves
AL Reliever of the Year:
1. Edwin Diaz (RP) - Oakland Athletics
2. Bennett Sousa (RP) - Detroit Tigers
3. Matt Strahm (RP) - Toronto Blue Jays
NL Reliever of the Year:
1. Aroldis Chapman (RP) - Pittsburgh Pirates
2. Lucas Sims (RP) - St. Louis Cardinals
3. Raisel Iglesias (RP) - Colorado Rockies
MILESTONE WATCHMilestone Watch
Weekly Leaderboards are updated:
REMEMBER THAT UNTIL I GET AROUND TO CHANGING THE PLAYOFF LOGIC ALL PLAYOFF ODDS ARE STILL BASED ON A TWO WILD CARD SYSTEM
Week-By-Week ChartsBest week: St. Louis Cardinals, 6-0, +1.5% World Series Odds (+3.8 wins added to mean win projection). Also Considered: LAA, ATL
Worst week: San Francisco Giants, 0-6, -2.2% World Series Odds (-3.9 wins subtracted from mean win projection). Also Considered:
