BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of July 10, 2009

I know, I know, I said I get these up by 3 pm on Friday. All I can say is that it's 3 pm somewhere (Samoa, I think).

The Phillies rebound from a horrible couple of weeks to gain four wins and jump out to a projected seven game division cushion over the Braves. The Mets continue their fall, dropping another three games, for a total of eight in the past two weeks alone. Something tells me trading for Jeff Francouer is not the way to halt that slide.

The Jays are another team that's falling fast. The early surprises in the AL East (if not all of baseball) are returning to the place everyone thought they would be before the season: top half of teams in the AL, but fourth in the division. The Yankees are this week's leaders in the group of death, although both Boston and Tampa Bay are very close.

The AL West looks like a two team race, even though Seattle is hanging close at the moment. New GM Jack Zduriencik seems uncertain as to whether the M's will buy or sell at the deadline. Perhaps they'll just stand pat.

The Giants keep creeping up our rankings, now two games over .500. They've still got a ways to go before edging out the Rockies for the Wild Card, but they're now projected to have the fifth best record in the NL (tied with Milwaukee).

Speaking of Milwaukee, they swap places with the Cardinals, falling back to second place. Dropping two of three head-to-head can do that to you. The rest of the division is quite tightly packed. Unfortunately for them, they're all on the wrong side of .500.

The AL Central isn't much better. Chicago and Detroit are battling it out for the division lead, as the White Sox gain another two games and vault over the Tigers to the projected division crown. KC and Cleveland battle it out for the cellar while the Twins do what the Twins do best - keep it close and then maybe pull it out in the end.

Full standings after the jump...

Disclaimer: These projected standings are based on Justin's Power Rankings. They do not accurately predict how the remainder of the season will actually unfold. Things like injuries, timely hitting, teams playing each other, and just plain old chance can cause major fluctuations in these results.

AL East

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Yankees	51	34	0.602	97	65	0.599	+2
Red Sox	51	34	0.580	96	66	0.593	-1
Rays	47	39	0.619	94	68	0.580	-2
Blue Jays	43	44	0.550	84	78	0.519	-4
Orioles	38	47	0.445	72	90	0.444	-1

AL Central

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
White Sox	44	41	0.540	86	76	0.537	+2
Tigers	46	38	0.500	85	77	0.525	-1
Twins	43	43	0.505	81	81	0.500	-1
Royals	37	48	0.456	72	90	0.444	0
Indians	34	52	0.473	70	92	0.432	0

AL West

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Angels	46	37	0.510	86	76	0.531	+1
Rangers	47	37	0.506	86	76	0.531	+2
Mariners	44	41	0.461	79	83	0.488	0
Athletics	35	48	0.427	69	93	0.426	0

NL East

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Phillies	45	38	0.526	87	75	0.537	+4
Braves	41	44	0.511	80	82	0.494	+1
Marlins	45	42	0.454	79	83	0.488	+1
Mets	40	44	0.481	78	84	0.481	-3
Nationals	25	59	0.425	58	104	0.358	0

NL Central

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Cardinals	48	40	0.500	85	77	0.525	+2
Brewers	44	41	0.506	83	79	0.512	-2
Cubs	41	42	0.487	79	83	0.488	0
Astros	42	43	0.440	76	86	0.469	0
Reds	41	43	0.431	75	87	0.463	-2
Pirates	38	47	0.479	75	87	0.463	-2

NL West

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Dodgers	54	31	0.604	101	61	0.623	+2
Rockies	46	39	0.554	89	73	0.549	+1
Giants	47	38	0.470	83	79	0.512	+2
Diamondbacks	36	50	0.503	74	88	0.457	+1
Padres	35	50	0.402	66	96	0.407	-2

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