August 12, 20205 yr With the shortened season, I have been trouble getting a sense of how far along in the pennant chase we are. Some people have been talking about standings as the 1 game = 2.7 games equivalent, but that makes the games behind really skewed and hard to understand. Instead, I think it becomes a lot clearer when you treat everyone as starting the season at tied at 51-51, and then we play the final 60 games from there. To give a better picture of the playoff picture, I am posting the adjusted standings here. W-L% is still from the actual 60 game record though, since that is how the MLB is treating it. I was planning to keep an updated version of this on the side for my own interests, but I figured I'd post it here since others may find it useful too. East Division Tm W L W-L% GB Tampa Bay Rays 68 60 .654 -- New York Yankees 67 60 .640 0.5 Toronto Blue Jays 63 62 .522 3.5 Baltimore Orioles 63 64 .480 4.5 Boston Red Sox 59 69 .308 9.0 Central Division Tm W L W-L% GB Minnesota Twins 68 60 .654 -- Cleveland Indians 67 60 .640 0.5 Chicago White Sox 66 62 .577 2.0 Kansas City Royals 61 66 .400 6.5 Detroit Tigers 60 65 .391 6.5 West Division Tm W L W-L% GB Oakland Athletics 69 59 .692 -- Houston Astros 66 61 .600 2.5 Texas Rangers 61 65 .417 7.0 Los Angeles Angels 59 69 .308 10.0 Seattle Mariners 59 70 .296 10.5 East Division Tm W L W-L% GB Atlanta Braves 65 62 .560 -- Miami Marlins 60 60 .500 1.5 New York Mets 63 65 .462 2.5 Philadelphia Phillies 60 63 .429 3.0 Washington Nationals 60 63 .429 3.0 Central Division Tm W L W-L% GB Chicago Cubs 67 59 .667 -- St. Louis Cardinals 58 58 .500 4.0 Milwaukee Brewers 62 63 .478 4.5 Cincinnati Reds 60 64 .435 5.5 Pittsburgh Pirates 55 68 .190 10.5 West Division Tm W L W-L% GB Los Angeles Dodgers 70 59 .704 -- San Diego Padres 66 63 .556 4.0 Colorado Rockies 64 63 .520 5.0 Arizona Diamondbacks 64 64 .500 5.5 San Francisco Giants 62 67 .407 8.0 Equivalent standings as of 8/20 Edited August 21, 20205 yr by gusguyman
August 12, 20205 yr Author 11 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: The winning percentages aren't right. I copied them directly from baseball reference. I am leaving them as calculated from the actual record though (For example, the 61-59 (10-8) Indians have a win percentage of 10/18 = .555 not 61/120 = .508) I am doing this for 2 reasons The standing orders are determined by the actual win percentage, and that matters a lot with so many games skipped right now. For example, if I recalculated the win%s, the Marlins would be at .513 and the Braves would be at .512. The order is still correct for now, but you can see how recalculating win %s could lead to the standings being wrong. It just seems like a lot more work to also recalculate the win% every day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Which teams were wrong?
August 12, 20205 yr Those winning percentages look suspect. For instance, I think the Mets percentage is .483. Edited August 12, 20205 yr by SonofaRoache
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