Are The Red Sox Going To Lose The Division?

[BucksFan]

If things hold up, the Sox will have a 6 game lead in the East, and the Mariners will have a 2.5 game lead in the WC.

 

36 games remaining.....

 

out of that 36 games, 6 are with the Yankees, so much ball still to be played.

[bugatti]

Last night was a good example of why New York will most likely not make the playoffs, imo. Put up 9 runs, give up 18.

[Pat Dad]

Last night's game was a bad one for the Yanks. 10 RBI's by Garret Anderson. That is just crazy. ARod was the last one to do that... against the Angels.

 

New York is like Cincinatti, they need more starting pitching. Mussina is awful. Wang isn't really that much, Petitte and Clemens are off an on. Andy has had a couple of good games and so has Roger, though.

[98NCCalum]

The Yankees will not catch the Sawx.

[AverageJoesGym]

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out of that 36 games, 6 are with the Yankees, so much ball still to be played.

 

36 games sounds like a lot. However, if the Red Sox go 18-18 the Yankees have to play .667 baseball and go 24-12 just to tie.

[AverageJoesGym]

Last night's game was a bad one for the Yanks. 10 RBI's by Garret Anderson. That is just crazy. ARod was the last one to do that... against the Angels.

 

New York is like Cincinatti, they need more starting pitching. Mussina is awful. Wang isn't really that much, Petitte and Clemens are off an on. Andy has had a couple of good games and so has Roger, though.

 

If the Yankees make the postseason would Mussina even be on the postseason roster? I know that enormous salad fork sticking out from between his shoulder blades makes it hard to pitch but he's been horrendous.

[stickymitts]

It doesn't look good. However, if the Yanks are within 5 when they play 3 next week I think they have a chance. They must sweep though...

[bugatti]

If the Yankees make the postseason would Mussina even be on the postseason roster? I know that enormous salad fork sticking out from between his shoulder blades makes it hard to pitch but he's been horrendous.

 

Clemens, Wang, Pettite would be definites... I guess they throw in Mussina as the 4th. I would not think there would be enough confidence in Hughes yet.

[BucksFan]

36 games sounds like a lot. However, if the Red Sox go 18-18 the Yankees have to play .667 baseball and go 24-12 just to tie.

Except for the 6 head to head. If they sweep or take 5 then it could go down to the last game

[Pat Dad]

Clemens, Wang, Pettite would be definites... I guess they throw in Mussina as the 4th. I would not think there would be enough confidence in Hughes yet.

 

Hughes would be better than Mussina.

[bugatti]

Hughes would be better than Mussina.

I feel the same way, but I would assume they would go with experience.

[Pat Dad]

I feel the same way, but I would assume they would go with experience.

 

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[5wide]

The Sox will win the East. I think they've seen the Yankees best charge and they still have a 6 game cushion. With their pitching, I think that's probably going to be a little too much for the Yanks to overcome, unless they sweep, or take 5 of the last 6 head-to-head. Those head-to-head matchups are what it all comes down to for the Yanks at this point, IMO. They still have a solid shot at the WC, but if they want to win the east, they'll have to do it by beating the BoSox straight up.

[oldrambler]

Yankees won last night and the Sox lost, the made up the game that they lost the night before. Back to 5 gb in the East.

[Pat Dad]

The Yankees have a crucial series against Detriot this week. This could be the race for the wild card. I believe the Yanks are 1 1/2 games back of Detriot.