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Arizona

20-5

The easiest schedule in the world isn’t getting any harder...don’t count on this team slowing down any time soon.

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Boston

20-6

Jesus Medrano Jesus Christ in disguise? .341/.432 with 13 SB so far.

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Seattle

19-7

Only going to get better with Hampton back.

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Pittsburgh

16-8

Hurt, but still playing excellent ball. Took two out of three from defending NL Champs, and will only get stronger with time.

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San Francisco

17-8

Losing two out of three to Pittsburgh and Philly, both potential playoff teams, isn’t a good thing.

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Cincinnati

17-8

Big Red Machine starting to get rolling? Slow start, but looking good.

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Toronto

17-9

3-9 vs. Boston, Kansas City and Tampa isn’t healthy.

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Anaheim

15-10

Losing 2 out of 3 to the Spank-Mees hurt... shook things around in the past week by adding some pop in Posada and youth in Burrell.

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Philadelphia

16-9

Atop the NL East for now, but with Burnett down can they stay up there?

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Cleveland

15-11

15-11 in AL Central... Pussy move not paying off?

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St. Louis

14-10

Was in 1^st, sent down to 4^th, moved back up to 3^rd. Might need to swing a few deals in order to compete with Pirates and Reds.

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Atlanta

15-10

Clement: 3-0, 0.43 ERA 42 K 9 BB… just dominating.

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Tampa Bay

15-11

Valdes the answer in Tampa? 2.08 ERA. Don't expect it to keep up though.

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Houston

13-12

Bringing in Godzilla and Nomo the answer? Will still be very, very tough to compete with Pirates and Reds.

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San Diego

14-10

Chris Reitsma with a 2.08 ERA after six starts. Fuel for the message board fire? We hope not, but who knows.

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New York Mets

13-12

This time might finish 3^rd this year, but look out next year with Blalock, Byrd, Hill, Choi, Floyd and others leading the charge.

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Kansas City

13-12

Padilla’s 2.53 ERA makes the Millwood deal look decent… almost.

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Chicago White Sox

12-13

Traded their “bullpen ace”… how will the team respond?

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Chicago Cubs

9-16

Best 5th place team in the history of expanded divisions?

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Baltimore

8-17

Team average of .231 and .295 OBP won't get it done. Still, Pedro is this team’s bitch, so there's some upside.

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Detroit

13-11

Hot on Nash’s tail, but we still aren’t believers.

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Oakland

10-16

Lombard/McGriff tearing it up- 8 HR a piece. 

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Florida

9-17

16:15 BB/K Ratio for Fiore. Nice!

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New York Yankees

7-19

The "impact players" weren’t getting it done.  Firesale time in New York, Boomer next to go.

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Montreal

9-16

The 'Spos might suck, but do they have an ace! Jimmy Anderson and his 4-1, 3.10 line.

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Texas

7-18

Michael Jackson got the axe… Busta Rhymes gonna motivate this team to win some games? Who knows, but we do know that a firesale is going on in Texas.

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Colorado

8-27

Osuna to DL might be a god-send: 1-3 with a 11.81 ERA.

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Minnesota

7-18

Team average of .227 isn't gonna get it done, not even in little league.

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Milwaukee

5-20

Crudale 2.66 ERA in 7 starts, but why the hell is he starting?

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Los Angeles

5-21

The Good: Taking 2/3 from ‘Zona earlier this month… The bad: the rest of the month… The Ugly? What’s to follow the rest of the year for this crew.