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JT45242

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7. Unbalanced schedule really helps teams in central divisions

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:29 AM

Oct 2021

The Brewers are helped by their many games against the Pirates and Cubs

vs Cubs 15-4
vs Pirates 14-5

They went 66-58 against the rest of the league. Also aided by luck of only having 3 million on the injured list. Having that small a percentage of your salary budget hurt makes a huge (and is totally a luck fluke) differences.

What is amazing is how good the AL East teams are since they have to play each other and only have one dog (Baltimore) in their division.

If MLB went to a balanced schedule, teams that benefit fro beating up on low salary teams in their division would not have that advantage. (Which is what the Cardinals have done to the Brewers, Reds, and Pirates for the better part of the last 20 years.

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Unbalanced schedule really helps teams in central divisions JT45242 Oct 2021 #7