The American League East race is over

soccerbob · Aug 9, 2006

I'm not exactly going out on a limb here but the Red Sox are finished. After they blow this game in Kansas City tonight, they'll be four games back in the loss column. The division race is over and I don't think the Red Sox will even make the playoffs. They did nothing to improve themselves before the trading deadline while the Yankees picked up three players that are already helping them. The Red Sox are playing without Jason Varitek and Trot Nixon. They really miss those two players.

The pitching stinks. Their defense isn't very good and they're a slow team. The Yankees are clearly better and they don't even have Sheffield or Matsui in the linup. The Yankees will win this division by ten games or more.

RobFunk · Aug 9, 2006

The Sox are done. They are playing for next year. They were not willing to deal anyone in the farm. And Theo made this highly apparent.

The Clemens deal fell through and that was that.

They will be a powerhouse in years to come though.

WharfRat+ · Aug 9, 2006

Guys, they are in a small slump. Happens every year. Better now, than in September. Like always, it will be a close finish in the east.

SkinsRaj28 · Aug 9, 2006

It's early August. Lets all calm down. Loooooooooooooong way to go.

RobFunk · Aug 9, 2006

WharfRat said:
Guys, they are in a small slump. Happens every year. Better now, than in September. Like always, it will be a close finish in the east.

Yes, you are probably right.

But if you are a Sox fan like me, it's the end of the world after every loss and every slump.

gtc08 · Aug 9, 2006

red sox dont have the pitching th etwins or the white sox have. i can see them missing out

Journeyman · Aug 9, 2006

They are hardly done, but they are in trouble...no doubt.

I don't like the lineup nowhere near as much as the past few years....when this team struggles to hit they really struggle, they don't have the same luxury of players top to bottom they had in recent years.

Igetp2s · Aug 10, 2006

I highly disagree, I follow the Yanks pretty closely, and they are extremely overrated. They have been playing poor competition lately. Near collapse tonight after what should have been an easy victory. Boston is in a slump, but I can't wait to jump all over Boston to win AL East tomorrow. I think it will be around +350 at least, great value. Bos-NYY 5 games in 4 days in Boston still coming up.

kidslick · Aug 10, 2006

Kansas City 5, Boston 4

:dancefool

kidslick · Aug 10, 2006

Journeyman said:
They are hardly done, but they are in trouble...no doubt.

I don't like the lineup nowhere near as much as the past few years....when this team struggles to hit they really struggle, they don't have the same luxury of players top to bottom they had in recent years.

j-man change that avatar,, you are jinxing the TIGERS........

Journeyman · Aug 10, 2006

kidslick said:
j-man change that avatar,, you are jinxing the TIGERS........

You're right i am...it's incredible...I am walking death!

ucking:

Ironman_8 · Aug 10, 2006

Yanks playing poor competition??

Igetp2s said:
I highly disagree, I follow the Yanks pretty closely, and they are extremely overrated. They have been playing poor competition lately. Near collapse tonight after what should have been an easy victory. Boston is in a slump, but I can't wait to jump all over Boston to win AL East tomorrow. I think it will be around +350 at least, great value. Bos-NYY 5 games in 4 days in Boston still coming up.

Whoooa Nellie. Yanks are playing poor competition??

Here's the Yanks games in Aug
Aug 1 vs Toronto W 5-1
Aug 2 vs Toronto W 7-2
Aug 3 vs Toronto W 8-1
Aug 4 at Baltimore W 5-4
Aug 5 at Baltimore L 0-5
Aug 6 at Baltimore W 6-1
Aug 8 at Chi White Sox L 5-6
Aug 9 at Chi White Sox W 7-6

and here's the Sox Schedule in Aug

Aug 1 vs Cleveland L 3-6
Aug 2 vs Cleveland W 6-5
Aug 3 vs Cleveland L 6-7
Aug 4 at Tampa Bay W 3-2
Aug 5 at Tampa Bay L 5-8
Aug 6 at Tampa Bay L 6-7
Aug 8 at Kansas City L 4-6
Aug 9 at Kansas City L 4-5

Now you tell me whose been playing poor competition?? I'm not cosigning on the Sox being dead but come on this isn't how you want to start out in the stretch run.

gtc08 · Aug 10, 2006

twins and white sox are both better then the red sox. twins are clear cut in my opinion getting the wild card even with liriano out

royalfan · Aug 10, 2006

Great day to be a Royalfan. Bright future. Great postion players coming through the system. 2nd to none. If they can only find some pitching.

NorthernStar · Aug 10, 2006

royalfan said:
Great day to be a Royalfan. Bright future. Great postion players coming through the system. 2nd to none. If they can only find some pitching.

when watching the twins play the royals i was surprised they said they were 22-22 their last 44 games. Considering their overall record this came as a surprise.

royalfan · Aug 10, 2006

Northern Star said:
when watching the twins play the royals i was surprised they said they were 22-22 their last 44 games. Considering their overall record this came as a surprise.

Yes, so far under the radar it would be surprising to be sure. At least there is some reason to believe now that they have a GM that knows what in the hell he is doing. They don't have a very good team for the rest of this year, but the culture of the franchise is rapidly changing.

Igetp2s · Aug 10, 2006

Ironman_8 said:
Whoooa Nellie. Yanks are playing poor competition??

Here's the Yanks games in Aug
Aug 1 vs Toronto W 5-1
Aug 2 vs Toronto W 7-2
Aug 3 vs Toronto W 8-1
Aug 4 at Baltimore W 5-4
Aug 5 at Baltimore L 0-5
Aug 6 at Baltimore W 6-1
Aug 8 at Chi White Sox L 5-6
Aug 9 at Chi White Sox W 7-6

and here's the Sox Schedule in Aug

Aug 1 vs Cleveland L 3-6
Aug 2 vs Cleveland W 6-5
Aug 3 vs Cleveland L 6-7
Aug 4 at Tampa Bay W 3-2
Aug 5 at Tampa Bay L 5-8
Aug 6 at Tampa Bay L 6-7
Aug 8 at Kansas City L 4-6
Aug 9 at Kansas City L 4-5

Now you tell me whose been playing poor competition?? I'm not cosigning on the Sox being dead but come on this isn't how you want to start out in the stretch run.

Toronto and ChW are not exactly playing their best ball of the year right now, both have pretty much been in a free fall since the all star break. Baltimore sucks as usual. I didn't claim Boston was playing top notch teams either, just that they are going through a rough spot, while the Yanks are winning against subpar teams.

There are just way too many games left, including the ones head to head, to say this over. That is why I say, depending on the price, there could be a lot of value in betting Boston to win the division.

kermit16 · Aug 10, 2006

Yankees are in a very tough schedule in the coming month. Other than a series with Baltimore they have todays game with White Sox, Angels, Boston, Seattle, Angels, Detroit and then Twins. Let's see where they sit on Sept 4 before We call this race over.

Journeyman · Aug 10, 2006

royalfan said:
Great day to be a Royalfan. Bright future. Great postion players coming through the system. 2nd to none. If they can only find some pitching.

are you serious, do you think they're really close?

wannabewhale · Aug 10, 2006

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I will take the Red Sox +9.5 games for the Max

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