BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of August 7, 2009

by Dan Turkenkopf on Aug 7, 2009 3:00 PM EDT in Power Rankings Comment 9 comments

The Giants are in the lead in the NL Wild Card race in real life. They don't fare as well in our projected standings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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It's the first week in August and we're finally starting to see some separation in most of the divisions.

The AL East still has a chance for a three team race for two spots, although the Rays continue to underperform their rankings.

The White Sox and the Tigers are projected to battle down to the wire, while the Twins hang around just behind, and the Royals flirt with 100 losses.

The Angels appear to have sealed up the AL West, despite an impressive effort from Texas.

Ditto for Philly and Atlanta. The Marlins have stayed close record-wise, but they're definitely winning more than would be expected from their component stats.

While the NL Central has been a mishmash of four to six teams for most of the season, it's now looking like a mishmash of two teams - the Cardinals and the Cubs.

The Dodgers show no sign of relinquishing the NL West and the Rockies look to have a leg up on the Giants for the Wild Card. The Diamondbacks continue to confound; playing at a well above .500 level, but with a record 10 games below. What goes around, comes around, I suppose.

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	65	42	0.602	98	64	0.605	-1
Red Sox	62	44	0.577	94	68	0.580	0
Rays	60	48	0.603	93	69	0.574	+2
Blue Jays	51	56	0.543	81	81	0.500	-1
Orioles	45	63	0.451	69	93	0.426	-2

AL Central

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
White Sox	56	53	0.537	84	78	0.519	+1
Tigers	57	50	0.483	84	78	0.519	+1
Twins	53	55	0.486	79	83	0.488	-2
Indians	46	62	0.490	72	90	0.444	0
Royals	41	66	0.422	64	98	0.395	-3

AL West

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Angels	64	42	0.531	94	68	0.580	+2
Rangers	60	47	0.509	88	74	0.543	0
Mariners	56	51	0.441	80	82	0.494	0
Athletics	47	61	0.458	72	90	0.444	+1

NL East

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Phillies	61	45	0.541	91	71	0.562	-2
Braves	55	53	0.538	84	78	0.519	-1
Marlins	55	53	0.476	81	81	0.500	0
Mets	51	56	0.453	76	86	0.469	-1
Nationals	37	72	0.446	61	101	0.377	+2

NL Central

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Cubs	57	49	0.511	86	76	0.531	+1
Cardinals	59	51	0.498	85	77	0.525	0
Brewers	54	54	0.469	79	83	0.488	-1
Astros	53	55	0.448	77	85	0.475	-2
Pirates	45	62	0.451	70	92	0.432	-1
Reds	46	61	0.377	67	95	0.414	-3

NL West

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	eW%lg	Season Wins	Season Losses	Season W%	Change
Dodgers	66	42	0.614	99	63	0.611	+1
Rockies	59	49	0.586	91	71	0.562	+1
Giants	60	48	0.479	86	76	0.531	+3
Diamondbacks	49	59	0.533	78	84	0.481	+3
Padres	44	65	0.394	65	97	0.401	+2