06-01-2026, 09:03 AM
Interesting article on the growing AL/NL disparity.
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/basebal...dium=email
Basically, now that there are more interleague games (48, accounting for 28% of each team’s schedule), and fewer divisional games, it becomes increasingly likely that an entire weak division (*cough* AL West *cough*) can be under .500. In fact, in the entire AL, only four teams have winning records.
BC
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/basebal...dium=email
Basically, now that there are more interleague games (48, accounting for 28% of each team’s schedule), and fewer divisional games, it becomes increasingly likely that an entire weak division (*cough* AL West *cough*) can be under .500. In fact, in the entire AL, only four teams have winning records.
BC
