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| 6th August, 2007 - 7:09 pm | RealGM - We are officially in the dog days of summer and it is time to examine how all 30 MLB teams have fared between June 1st and August 5th.
1. New York Yankees (39-21, .650):
The Yankees were counted out by many experts and skeptics, but they are in the thick of the Wild Card race. They hit .319, with 45 homeruns and 202 runs during the month of July. Hideki Matsui himself hit 13 homers in the month.
2. Chicago Cubs (36-23, .610):
The Cubs have raced to Milwaukee’s heels behind excellent pitching from Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly and a serviceable bullpen.
3. Seattle Mariners (34-25, .576):
The Mariners are doing it with smoke and mirrors and clutch hitting.
4. Los Angeles Angels (31-24, .564):
The Angels hit just 10 homeruns during the month of July, compare to Matsui’s total above. Their pitching has been below average as well during the summer and are still living off of their 17-9 June against mostly National League teams.
5. Colorado Rockies (31-25, .554):
Jeff Francis is 8-1 since June 1st, despite a 6.16 ERA in July, which followed a terrific 2.84 in June. The Rockies have only hit 103 homeruns, which could be their lowest output since their inaugural season in 1993. [READ] |
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