Baseball: ~120 games in, Dog Days of Summer - Race to Finish

[Zeno]

I made a post when the baseball season was ~60 games in and thought then another post at ~120 games in would be interesting. So here it is.

Standings

Wild Card

What is the surprise now, who is doing well, who is not, who will fade and who will make the grade?

Angels and Red Sox are top teams, the Giants are in the cellar; Detroit and Cleveland and Milwaukee and Cubbies are both neck and neck. Both wild card races are tight. Yankees and Mariners are still very much alive and in the running for a post-season berth. The NL wildcard is stacked with a number of teams in the running.

The Dodgers have stumbled and the Cardinals are making a move.

The Diamondbacks (best record in the NL) are still proving that it is better to be lucky than good. They are 16 games over .500, allowing 547 runs to runs scored of 521. Hope Valverde holds up (37 saves).

Predictions, comments or Rants all welcome.

-Zeno