It's been a while since I posted one of these. Houston has owned the cellar for most of the season with a Secretariat style lead. But now is a good time for an update...
Good news for the Pittsburgh Pirates. It's official. They will not repeat as MLB’s Worst Champions. The bad news is even though they are at an
improved record of 67-82, they will have another losing season.
This year’s leader, the 51-98 Houston Astros appears to be
cruising to victory for the 2011 MLB’s Worst title.
They are 9 games ahead of the 59-88 Minnesota Twins and Baltimore
Orioles, who are tied for second. The
61-87 Seattle Mariners are a game and a half behind the Twins and Orioles.
Although Houston is in last place, Minnesota is playing worse
than the Astros. The Twins have lost nine
out of their last ten games and have a run differential of a league worst -164.
An honorable mention goes out to the 86-62 Boston Red Sox. They went from contenders to pretenders by
losing eight out of their last ten games and eleven out of their last fifteen
games. They have a challenge with a
series against the Yankees in New York and Tampa Bay Devil Rays at home, but
they also have a four game series at home next Monday verses the lowly Orioles
and a three game series the following Monday to finish off the season at Baltimore.
So the countdown has begun.
Houston only needs six more losses to clinch the title. The Astros are on
pace to finish the season at 55-107, two games better than was projected in the
previous last place update.
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