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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I think there's a bit of an asterix there though. The AL central is sending 3 teams to the playoffs this year (and looks like the first non-playoff team is from that division as well). An extra 6-7 games against the historically bad White Sox is an advantage that's probably worth a few extra wins.
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In a sample size this small it's worth 1-2 wins more than against the other last place teams.
It's not like Detroit closed ground on everyone else because the had 10 of 25 games vs the White Sox. It's like 4 of their last 43 in which they're 29-14. They've also had the Angels, Rockies, and A's in there too. But you still have to beat the bad teams and maybe they're record early on was skewed because they had more games versus better teams.
It's not like the days where Division teams played each other 18 times and the Blue Jays could win 87 games by beating the Orioles 16 times.