With 60 games to go, it looks we have have the most wide-open race for playoff spots that we’ve had since the I-75 League expanded to 15 teams.
Check out how the ‘wild-card’ standings look right now; remember the top three teams with the best records apart from the division champions make the playoffs:
DIVISION LEADERS |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
CHATFIELD |
68 |
32 |
.680 |
— |
S.GRAND PRAIRIE |
53 |
47 |
.530 |
— |
SAVANNAH |
51 |
49 |
.510 |
— |
WILD-CARD RACE |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
IOWA |
58 |
42 |
.580 |
— |
MICHIGAN |
55 |
45 |
.550 |
— |
* MARGARITAVILLE |
52 |
48 |
.520 |
— |
* DESTIN |
52 |
48 |
.520 |
— |
APPLEGATE |
51 |
49 |
.510 |
1 |
BISMARCK |
50 |
50 |
.500 |
2 |
SPRINGFIELD |
50 |
50 |
.500 |
2 |
BUSHWOOD |
47 |
53 |
.470 |
5 |
SUPERIOR |
47 |
53 |
.470 |
5 |
* tie would be broken with a one-game playoff
Currently Destin and Margaritaville are tied for the sixth playoff spot, with Applegate and Bismark — all North Division teams — breathing down their neck. Springfield is just two back as well, oddly closer to first place in its division than it is to a wild-card berth.
“Expansion teams” Iowa and Michigan have a leg up on making their first playoff appearances, and each team strengthened itself with trades for the stretch run. Iowa, coming off a 16-win July, bolstered its bullpen and rebuilt the left side of its infield, adding offense in Chris Johnson and Stephen Drew; Michigan added some speed and defense in Jacoby Ellsbury and Rajai Davis, plus some hitting pop in Jose Reyes and Brian McCann.
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